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    Life in the “Barracks”: Klamath Falls and the Navy’s Forgotten Filariasis Problem

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    Life in the “Barracks”: Klamath Falls and the Navy’s Forgotten Filariasis Problem

    FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    07.28.2023

    Photo by André B. Sobocinski, Historian 

    U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

    CAPTION. Officials discuss layout of the Marine Barracks at Klamath Falls, 1944. Cmdr. Lowell Coggeshall, the Chief Medical Officer of the “Barracks,” is standing on the right. From 1944 to 1946, the Marine Barracks served as a rehabilitation facilities for Pacific War veterans with filariasis and relapsing malaria. Courtesy of Oregon Historical Society

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    Date Taken: 07.28.2023
    Date Posted: 07.28.2023 09:14
    Photo ID: 7939648
    VIRIN: 230728-N-N1526-1001
    Resolution: 940x788
    Size: 148.43 KB
    Location: FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, US

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