Did the Spanish Flu Impact America's Ability to Fight in WWI?

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By late September 1918, in a bid to contain the spread of the flu, the U.S. had made the decision to cancel the draft. It was too little, too late - in October alone, over 200,000 Americans were killed by the disease.

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