Posted on May 16, 2020

My Great-Grandfather’s Letters From Camp Funston Show the Origins of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in...

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"My great-grandfather got the Spanish flu at Camp Funston, the hub for global transmission of the disease. A century later, I got COVID-19" Jeff Snowbarger.

My Great-Grandfather’s Letters From Camp Funston Show the Origins of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in...

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Looks like fascinating reading. I know that in some cities they had the bodies stacked outside of cemeteries and places like Fort Devens in MA had soldiers dropping dead while in line to enter the infirmary.

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My Great-Grandfather’s Letters From Camp Funston Show the Origins of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in...

My Great-Grandfather’s Letters From Camp Funston Show the Origins of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in...

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