Page 18 - Protected Cruiser News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Troops crossing the ocean and arriving in france. ♪ "over there," that was what everyone was singing over there, the yanks are coming ♪ the yanks are coming the yanks are coming ♪ >> by may of 1918, a million young men, dough boys as they were called land in france and that's when the flu really exploded. >> looking back, historians can actually trace the spread of the flu to the movement of troops. >> absolutely, and the port of breast in france which is where most of the american troops landed became like a ground zero for the spread of this, and the speed with which it spread was brea...

Actually trace the spread of the flu to the movement of troops. >> absolutely, and the port of breast in france which is where most of the american troops landed became like a ground zero for the spread of this, and the speed with which it spread was breathtaking. the reason why what would have been a localized epidemic perhaps became truly a worldwide pandemic was because the world was going on. millions of soldiers going from the united states to europe carrying infection. >> this would turn out to be just the first wave of the flun influenza and it would last through the beginning of the su...

World war i, the great war, is in its final months. but the second wave of the influenza is just beginning. and now it's spreading faster, and it's far more deadly. historian john barry says the virus may have mutated into a new strain. >> the 1918 virus combined to cells in the upper respiratory

And headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. my gums are irritated. otezla. i don't have to worry about that, do i? harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. crest gum detoxify works below the gum line to neutralize harmful plaque bacteria and help reverse early gum damage. crest. september 1918, the great war is in its final months. the second wave of the influenza is just beginning. now it is spreading faster and it is far more deadly. a historian says it may have mutated into a new strain. >> the 191...

An historian says it was traced to other army camps where it flourished. it spread to ships heading to europe. >> raf thalf the military camps the spring did have significant outbreaks. according to a man who spend his life studying influenza, could you follow the disease with american troops crossing the ocean and arriving in france. >> ov"over there, " that's what everyone was singing. a million young men land in france. that's when the flu really exploded. >> looking back, historians can trace the spread of the flu to the movement of troops.