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One
of the biggest problems we encountered during that time was falciparum
malaria, which was transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. From June through
August a large number of Marines started having symptoms of jaundice and
spiking high fevers. To lower their fevers we had to cool them down.
Stretchers were placed in the water by the bridge. The patient was put on the stretcher with
only their face above the surface of the water. We med evaced them out
several times a day. Even though we took malaria pills (chloriquin
premaquin), it was not effective against this
particular strain of malaria (nothing was).
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