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Old 09-17-2003, 12:50 AM   #6
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Just to kind of speculate ...

Given the difference in styles of warfare amongst the conflicts specified on that graph ... the doughboys spent most of their time in the trenches, right? If you're not on leave/liberty, or there aren't the customary batch of camp following wenches, that limits one's exposure to those nasty little organisms.
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