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}}</ref> In those long ago days, the true causes of cancer were unknown so it was impossible to disprove Wolbarst's falsehoods.
Laumann et al., writing in 1997, reported an incidence of circumcision of 31 percent in 1933.<ref name="laumann1931laumann1997">{{REFjournal
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}}</ref> Laumann et al. (1997) reported an incidence of circumcision of 53 percent in 1941.<ref name="laumann1997" /> <b>World War II.</b> America entered the war after the Empire of Japan attached the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941. This was followed by Germany declaring war on the United States. The information on military circumcision in WWII is sketchy and anecdotal. It appears that many [[foreskinned]] American men were encouraged and, in some cases, forced to be circumcised. It appears that the American military's foreskin-phobia and circumcision policy persisted through the Korean War (1950-52) but was discontinued by a change in policy thereafter. The "Sand Myth" circulated among English-speaking armies. According to the Sand Myth, foreskinned men who fought in the Saharan desert had medical issues due to sand collecting under the [[foreskin]]. [[Intact]] Italian and German men who fought in the same desert had no such problems.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Darby |first=Robert |init= |author-link=Robert Darby |etal=no |title=The riddle of the sands: circumcision, history, and myth |trans-title= |language= |journal=NZ Med J |location= |date=2005-07-15 |volume=118 |issue=1218 |article= |page=U1564 |pages= |url=https://www.academia.edu/9899840/The_riddle_of_the_sands_Circumcision_history_and_myth |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=16027753 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2021-10-05}}</ref>
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