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English: "Rum, one peso a quart, was the mainstay for liquid refreshment, and the feminine companionship was furnished by native girls, commonly referred to us “head hunters”. They might be alright to talk to, due to the fact that finances and social position prohibit a white woman, but after one look at their diet, which consists of fish heads and rice, apparently nothing else, I’ll be damned if I’ll go to bed with them. That, and the fact that venereal diseases seem to run rampant in this part of the world, is enough to make me keep a lock on my fly and saltpeter in my food. The other Marines, Sailors too, seem to have no compunctions along those lines and consequently the venereal percentage is very high. About twenty percent of the"

From the Edward L. Parke Collection (COLL/5627) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

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