HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted January 12, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted January 12, 2015 As a Vietnam vet I wonder with all the bites I got from the little blood suckers that I never got malaria. I mean I was on the edge of a vast rubber plantation and it was wet. I never took the pills they gave us and nobody was there to make sure we took them. I don't think anyone took the anti-malaria pills that I knew.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Philip Rogers Posted January 13, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted January 13, 2015 I always took them, every Monday. One of their side effects was "tinnitus." pr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormerMember Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 We crushed up the quinine pills and mixed them with Club soda to make our Gin and Tonics on the rare occasions when we could find ice. I managed to luck out on that too but I was much further north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Chuck75 Posted January 13, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted January 13, 2015 I spent some months in the delta. We did take the anti-malaria tablets regularly. No one I knew came down with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Va will service connect residuals of malaria:http://www.va.gov/vetapp14/Files6/1445871.txt Vietnam 68-70, BVA award 2014 GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University ! When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we." Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted January 13, 2015 Author HadIt.com Elder Share Posted January 13, 2015 Maybe the local herb killed the malaria bugs. I used enough of it.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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