Venereal diseases hit the advanced pilot training squadrons especially hard. Medical authorities distributed films exhorting servicemen to practice safe sex. Bill Davis especially liked one entitled: “Flies Breed Germs, Keep Yours Closed.” In it, a doctor informs a sailor that he has contracted venereal disease. “I must have gotten it in a public toilet,” said the sailor. “That’s a hell of a place to take a date,” replied the doctor.
