Ghosts of Cruises Past

When onboard the USS Enterprise, our ship made frequent visits to the Philippine Islands.  One particular port was know for its prostitutes.   Sadly, it was also known for the rampant extent of its venereal diseases.  One sailor in my division got VD six different times on the cruise.    Toward the end of the cruise, the ship ran out of penicillin.  This was also the cruise where the ‘black clap’ was first recognized.  This was the the first of apparently many drug resistant strains of various types of VD.  It looks like the the same thing is still happening.   Again, God is not mocked….

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