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  1.  @sarjim4381  - Eric Bergerud said in Touched With Fire https://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Land-South-Pacific/dp/0140246967/ref=sr_1_5?crid=980J35JO60ET&keywords=touched+by+fire&qid=1578507270&s=books&sprefix=Touched+by+Fire%2Caps%2C216&sr=1-5 That immediately after a unit was committed to the Jungle - it would begin to kill it and after 90 days - whether it had seen any action or not - the unit had to be withdrawn. Jack Kennedy, after the sinking of PT 109, was given a second boat and spent a good bit of time chasing barges and supporting the Marines - but - his medical condition got so bad that he was sent home and put in the hospital. When he was well enough to leave the hospital he was released from the Navy. In Africa, while the southern most portion wasn't that bad in the Central area Westerners died like flies from diseases the locals had become immune to. So - yeah - it could be pretty rough having to do a lot of strenuous stuff in an environment that was more than capable of killing you without all that. .
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  2. Castles of Steel by Robert K. Massie https://www.amazon.com/Castles-Steel-Britain-Germany-Winning/dp/0345408780/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30PHXDGJCOB50&keywords=castles+of+steel+by+robert+k.+massie&qid=1578508367&s=books&sprefix=Castles+of+%2Cstripbooks%2C224&sr=1-1 is a history of the Naval War during WWI and has a number of chapters on what happened to some of the German Fleet, such as the German Far Eastern Fleet and the SMS Goeben. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Goeben .
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