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247399 2Sea. Austin Charles "Chuck" Miner United States Navy from:St. Petersburg, FL Austin Miner served with the United States Navy. There is not a lot of material available concerning Boot Camp at Camp Perry (Peary), Virginia, which was closed after WWII and later opened and became known as The Farm. During November and December 1945, there occurred quite a siege of Spinal Meningitis. The third week of December 1945, the Camp was closed for 2 weeks, shut down, in quarantine. It was expressed that several deaths occurred. No one was allowed to leave or enter, including the Officers who had family on the outside. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**