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| Title | 1918 Flu Epidemic More Deadly Than Germans |
| Abstract | Short article details the involvement of Camp Funston and Fort Riley with the spread of the Spanish Flu in 1918. "Since Fort Riley was a cavalry outpost, there were hundreds of horses and mules also living on the base--hundreds of animals producing tons of excrement. The most efficient way to dispose of the dung was to burn it. Such a fire had been set on March 9 when a ferocious dust storm kicked up that same day. The dust combined with the smoke of the burning dung heaps blackened the skies in Kansas--'dead black,' some said." Shortly after this incident, men started to come down with the flu. "More Americans died as a result of the Spanish Flu than were killed in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined." |
| Date | Spring 2005 |
| Source | Kansas Journal of Military History |
| Location | MVSC Q 978.1 K1656 2005 Spring |
| Volume | 1 |
| Number | 1 |
| Page | 36-37 |
| Subject | Influenza
Communicable diseases
Diseases
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| Local Subject | Camp Funston, Kansas
Fort Riley
World War I
Influenza Epidemic
Epidemics
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Magazine article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 218409 |
| CONTENTdm number | 38099 |
