Brevig Mission was just one place that was part of a global tragedy, one of the worst ever to befall humanity: the influenza pandemic ... One of these was Fort Riley, Kansas, where a new training ...

Pvt. Albert Gitchell was sick. For this there was no doubt. When he reported to the camp infirmary on the morning of March 11, 1918, he lamented that he was feeling hot and achy. The medic on duty ...

Courtesy; Library of Congress Fort Riley, Kansas was a sprawling establishment ... Some, looking for a point of origin of the so-called Spanish influenza that would eventually take the lives ...

Courtesy: NARA At Fort Riley ... for the deadly influenza that was striking Americans. Said Doane: “It would be quite easy for one of these German agents to turn loose Spanish influenza germs ...