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>> absolutely. the port in france where most of the american troops landed became like a ground zero for the spread of this. the speed with cl which it spre was breathtaking. it became a worldwide pandemic because the war 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 influenza. it would last through the beginning of the summer of 1918. where this outbreak originated is still unknown. it wasn't in spain. how it started is more clear. did it cross from animals to humans? do we know the origins...

After a night like this, at 3m, we aspire to improve lives. crest has you covered. crest, the official toothpaste of santa. follow us @crest to celebrate the 12 days of crest smiles. 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 tract that made it easily transmissible. but it could also bind to cells deep in the lung. many reports of people dying...

Camps where it flourished among the men housed in close quarters. it also spread onto troop ships heading to europe. >> roughly half the military camps in the spring in 1918 did have significant outbreaks. and according to a nobel laureate who spent most of his life studying influenza, you could follow the disease with american troops crossing the ocean and arriving in france. >> "over there." that's 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, doughboys as they were called, land in france...

Big ben chimes. we lost 31 of the crew in the sinking. i shall remember those guys, as i do every remembrance day. we'll never forget them. 95—year—old stan ford was aboard the allied ship hms fratton on d—day. the nearest you are to an explosion, you don't really hear it. but i had a feeling, a feeling of weightlessness and then the plonk in the water. rescue boats came up on the scene and, luckily, i was pulled aboard. the hand of god was on me on that day. but stan's spine was fractured in the explosion. he has needed calipers to help him walk ever since.

Was no different. but, despite the lack of crowds and large services the nation still came together to pay their respects to the armed forces. 0ur reporter fi lamdin has been looking at the different ways the country fell silent. big ben chimes. we lost 31 of the crew in the sinking. i shall remember those guys, as i do every remembrance day. we'll never forget them. 95—year—old stan ford was aboard the allied ship hms fratton on d—day. the nearest you are to an explosion, you don't really hear it. but i had a feeling, a feeling of weightlessness and then the plonk in the water. rescue b...