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2007-06-26 Africa North

Air Force repatriates remains from Wheelus

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Posted by GK 2007-06-26 13:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "70 infants and two adults were repatriated from the cemetery"

What on earth....? Some kind of plague?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-06-26 16:02|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-06-26 16:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Barbara, the deaths spanned a 15 year period.

The dead were buried at a cemetery run by the Italian military, which had offered Americans stationed at Wheelus a free plot and marker. At the time, there was no entitlement for American service members to have deceased family flown home, so many Airmen took the Italians up on the offer, Mr. Blair said.

Posted by GK 2007-06-26 16:35|| 2007-06-26 16:35|| Front Page Top

#3 GK - I doubt that the total American population at Wheelus at any one time was huge. That's still a pretty high mortality rate for infants. I was alive during the period and don't remember infant mortality being that great here in the States.

It's bizarre.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-06-26 16:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-06-26 16:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I defer to the guys who were stationed there.

Posted by GK 2007-06-26 16:53|| 2007-06-26 16:53|| Front Page Top

#5 It was pretty good sized Barb, had it's own high school.

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-26 17:15|| 2007-06-26 17:15|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll ask Abee he knows they're all buried.

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-26 17:16|| 2007-06-26 17:16|| Front Page Top

#7 dead, prolly from the O-Club food. Don't try the Deer Nuts

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-06-26 17:58|| 2007-06-26 17:58|| Front Page Top

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