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16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/11/2012 3:46:19 PM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/11/2012 3:57:19 PM   
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What about those sixteen guys killed in boot camp? Was that normal?

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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/12/2012 12:06:10 AM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/12/2012 3:09:18 AM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/14/2012 3:11:57 PM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/14/2012 3:18:22 PM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/14/2012 7:11:35 PM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/14/2012 10:32:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Maybe not connected he timing of Mahin's death but here is some info on the contribution of flu and other respiratory illnesses to mortality in the Navy during WW1: http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyUS-Casualties.htm. "Note that even before the 1918 influenza pandemic and the respiratory disease deaths it often led to, many men died from those same non-influenza-linked, respiratory diseases that were common in those days, such as pneumonia." Perhaps in his weakened state he was more susceptible to a secondary infection.

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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/15/2012 3:43:25 AM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 11/30/2012 3:58:46 PM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 12/14/2012 6:10:39 PM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 12/14/2012 6:20:50 PM   
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The other obscuration reads: A Norwegian caretaker, a civil-
ian, was the only person in the
room [etc.]

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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 12/14/2012 6:37:38 PM   
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RE: 16 K at BC? And then ... - 12/14/2012 6:44:05 PM   
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