Many Die From Pneumonia

At that time we had two American corpsmen plus an American doctor. We’d had a British doctor before. But this American doctor, and he tried to get medicine for us the best he could. And when I had my pneumonia, we had lost maybe half a dozen guys to pneumonia, and when I had mine, I was delirious for many a days. I can’t remember how many days, many days. I came out of it and they nursed me with, not ice packs, but water to try to hold down my temperature. And the doctor came to see me one day he says, “Jessop, you’re on your way, you’re mending pretty good.” And he said, “Look what I got.” And he had some pills. He said, “Those are for you if you want them. But I’m sure you can get by without them now. If I keep them, I’ll be able to treat the next ones. I’ll go and get some more for the next so I’ll always be one series of pills ahead.” I said, “Ok, if you say I’m ok, I’m ok.” That was it, as far as that goes. So, about a week later, my brother falls with pneumonia and he got the treatment, the pills, and he survived real well. It was only a couple of days.