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| 2005 | Qui Hoa LeprosariumArmy Chaplain Paul N. Mitchell Recalls His Duties During the Vietnam War, June 2005 issue of Vietnam Magazine (sourced from historynet.com). NB: The ILA Global Project for the history of leprosy is not responsible for the content of external sites. In June 1966, "the GIs and I traveled about three miles down the coast from Qui Nhon to the Qui Hoa leprosarium -- one of the cleanest places in Vietnam. There a person could relax and enjoy a swim in the South China Sea. More than 900 men and women who had been stricken with the dreaded disease of leprosy lived there. Many no longer had fingers or toes. One man had a hole for a nose. All seemed very content to be living at the leprosarium. Those who were able to work took part in ongoing projects on the grounds. The residents enjoyed games of checkers, chess and sometimes cards. A snack bar had been built for them by a military police unit. Many lived in dormitory-type facilities, but some families lived in beautiful small houses built with funds from American military units. More than 20 cottages had been constructed with donations from the GIs. The 41st Signal Battalion was already named on the dedication plaque of one house, and funds for the construction of another house were donated a couple of months later. U.S. military doctors and other medical personnel were giving a part of their free time to treat the leprosy-afflicted people. ... During a fund council meeting in September 1966, we voted to donate 59,000 piasters ($500) to construct another family house at the Qui Hoa leprosarium. This would be the second house to bear the 41st Signal Battalion's insignia." [Leprosarium] [Vietnam] |
| 2005 | Qui Hoa LeprosariumThe contemporary state of the leprosarium is mentioned in the Pacific Leprosy Foundation, Annual Review 2005, on p 7. [Leprosarium] [Vietnam] |