November 11, 1918, marked the end of the First World War, which was marked by the cruel futility of trench warfare in the industrial age. The celebration of peace had a shadow: A deadly influenza, ...
The town cemetery in Montello, Nevada has a monument and a mystery: Ten graves, unmarked until 1975, with a monument inscribed "10 U.S. Soldiers Buried Here, Victims of Flu Epidemic, World War 1." ...