Unit Headquarters & Service Company,
Home: Bismarck, North Dakota.
Service ID: 380367.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The Klamath Falls Barracks were built in 1944 as a treatment and rehabilitation center for Marines returning from the Pacific Theater of Operations, especially those suffering from mosquito-borne diseases
The first Marines arrived at the barracks in April 1944 and the last were discharged in March 1946. Within a year of its opening, treatments proved that malaria and filariasis, then believed to be incurable, could be successfully treated.
Unit Headquarters & Service Company,
Home: Bismarck, North Dakota.
Service ID: 380367.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
The Klamath Falls Barracks were built in 1944 as a treatment and rehabilitation center for Marines returning from the Pacific Theater of Operations, especially those suffering from mosquito-borne diseases
The first Marines arrived at the barracks in April 1944 and the last were discharged in March 1946. Within a year of its opening, treatments proved that malaria and filariasis, then believed to be incurable, could be successfully treated.
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