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To Suzanne,

a brave hero and a warrior in her own right

Acknowledgments

A wise writer brings lots of good counsel

with her into a historical manuscript.

In addition to John M. Barry’s invaluable book

The Great Influenza, I owe thanks to many other good people who served as sources: Paula Benson, Dr. John Boyd of the 81st Regional Support Command, Susan Craft, Kristina Dunn Johnson

at The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room

and Military Museum, Mary Jo Fairchild at

the South Carolina Historical Society,

Mary J. Manning (and the entire outstanding museum) at the Cantigny First Division Foundation, Nichole Riley at Moncrief Army Community Hospital, Stephanie Sapp at

Jackson Army Base U.S. Army Basic

Combat Training Museum, Christina Shedlock at the Charleston County Public Library and Elizabeth Cassidy West and the other dedicated librarians at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina at Columbia. Any factual errors should be laid at my feet, not at the excellent information these people provided me.