RE: Anthrax in the Korean War

[Trish Winston <TrishWinston@hawaii.rr.com>]

Additional information on Japanese B encephalitis in Korea  can be found 
at: 
 http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/history/booksdocs/KOREA/recad2/ch7-1.htm

Regards,

Trish



On Wednesday, October 31, 2001 08:29, Jhk789@aol.com [SMTP:Jhk789@aol.com] 
wrote:
> In a message dated 10/31/2001 5:25:12 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> GRBroman@aol.com writes:
>
>
> > Actually guys, it's Japanese B Encephelitis
> > Glen
> >
>
> Thanks gang for the responses!
>
> BTW, could the B stand for "bubonic plague bacilli"?
> According to Prof. Endicott's book, "Ishii had a special
> enthusiam for bubonic plague bacilli spread by fleas, and
> his munitions people developed the explosive procelain bomb in
> part to provide an effective delivery system....the Japanese,
> like the Americans, had investigated at ....anthrax, cholera, and
> typhus at most." Gen. Ishii turned over all his germ data to
> the US in 1947 in return for immunity from prosecution.
>
> It's interesting to note that most of the vaccines the G.I.s got
> for the Korean War theater was against the germ agents
> that were developed by the Japanese. Could some of the
> 17 shots G.I.s received also included vaccines for anthrax?
>
> John 2
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