Or possibly you are refering to Lt. Tucker Abbott's work during WW II in
combating Snail Fever in the Pacific Theater (an account was published
by the U.S. Army in August, 1961 and later by Reader's Digest with a
condensed version the same year.)

Bill Frank
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----- Original Message -----
From: "José H. Leal" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Recent invasions of Achatina fulica


> At 03:41 PM 12/13/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >I seem to remember an old article that Estelle Barker had saved about
> Tucker Abbott being engaged to control the outbreak, or to find a way
> tocontrol the outbreak of the destructive Achatinas.   Someone correct me
> if I'm wrong.
> >
> >Linda