One Hundred Years Ago Plus Three

Researched and written by Stephen Dock One morning in March 1918, at a U.S. Army training camp in Kansas, a cook complained of flu-like symptoms. By lunchtime another 107 soldiers had the same symptoms. Five weeks later, more than 1,000 soldiers had been infected and 47 were dead. The deadly influenza tore through the overcrowded … Continue reading One Hundred Years Ago Plus Three