Black VD?


I hope I pronounced it right, in the beginning Worcester warns one if the new guys of what i believed was "black vd". I understand that VD stands for Venerial Disease but what was it?

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A very virulent & incurable strain of VD; rumor had it, that anyone infected with 'it' had to spend the rest of his life in quarantine on an island in the Philippines-never to return to the US again...

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Errr thanks, sounds like a dreadful thing to catch

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I think it's a kind of 'urban myth'.

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You're right, Nickm2; strictly urban myth. (By the way, this rumored STD was known at the time as "the black syph".)

-- 1st Cavalry Division, RVN, 1969-70

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I traveled all over I Corp South Vietnam (northern most area) I carried Class A orders, could ride anything (I did) go anywhere (and I did). I was U.S. Army (draftee). Once near Quan Tri I hitch hiked with Marine's. Guy told me he had 'black clap' have been on island quaranteened. He said "his dick was dripping. They could not stop his dick from dripping." (Really scared me! Sorry to be so graphic.) I've written before, never saw whore house or tattoo parlor. Guess I wasn't looking.. 47 years and I'm still getting over it. Will never get over Vietnam. ... Wanna know my Best Vietnam movie? Forrest Gump. When they're walking that road and strange mountains are off to their right. that is Vietnam. I am there. I was there. John

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