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Second Lieutenant Charles Scheffel: Army Brothel Operator in Algeria

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  1. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Member

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    Encountered this student's masters thesis from 2015 whilst looking into matters Algeria and it may interest some here.

    The article's title being: 'Venereal Disease and American Policy in a Foreign War Zone: Venereal Disease and American Policy in a Foreign War Zone: 39th Infantry Regiment in Sidi-Bel-Abbes, Algeria. May of 1943. 39th Infantry Regiment in Sidi-Bel-Abbes, Algeria. May of 1943.'

    The Abstract:
    Link: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/vi...gle.com/&httpsredir=1&article=3191&context=td
     
  2. Takao

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    I wonder how he answered if asked the question "what did you do in the war daddy?" ?
     
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    He was featured on that History Channel series "WWII in HD."
     
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    I recall reading a GI medic's account. He had to inspect the whorehouses and select one for the officers. That was an easy task for him. He picked the one with the ugliest women for the officers.

    I enjoyed Crack! and Thump.

    BTW, the military also set up whorehouses in Honolulu and MP/SPs stood guard outside of it to cheeck IDs as soldiers/sailors/marines went in. The MP/SPs also kept civilian Honolulu police out as it was a military installation.
     

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