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All known forms of syphilis are curable. Just take a shot of penicilin. The 'manly appendage turns green and fall off' kind of syphilis was only rumored to exist, as some exotic disease of SE Asia, it was hoped that rumors of such a disease would be enough to keep the snakes in their cages. Well, it didn't work and prostitution became big business in Saigon and other places where soldiers and civilians concentrated together.