Malaria in the ETO

[Walt's Daughter]

Received a question from a gentleman today and thought I would post this and my response, so all can benefit and join in too, if they wish:

 

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I thank one of our KW vets for leading me to this excellent

resource on malaria in the Korean War era:

http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/KO...ecad2/ch6-2.htm

It was very helpful.

 

I wonder... any of you who were fighting in Europe in WW2 (or

researching that war) ever hear of malaria there? I doubt it,

as in all the 15 years I've been going to Europe each summer, I

think I've seen only one or two mosquitoes. I know it was a problem in the Pacific theater.

 

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Malaria was quite prevalent in WWII and not just in the Pacific. This is well-documented and I've many personal stories from my VI Corps vets. Malaria was particularly virulent in North Africa as well as Sicily and Italy.

 

Here are some instances from my forum, that discuss both theaters and personal accounts.

 

http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/eng...ighlite=malaria

 

Here a just a FEW links that discuss malaria in the ETO:

 

http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VV/Views/Exhib...ive/typhus.html

 

http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/orgadmin/

 

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3395...%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/index.html

 

http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytex...hona/index.html

 

http://history.amedd.army.mil/ANCWebsite/A...ntroduction.htm

 

Marion Chard