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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 3482888, member: 7511"] There were actually 3 waves of the Spanish flu in total. The US was hit with the 2nd & 3rd waves. The first hit Europe hard. Early in 1918 returning veterans brought the flu to America. Cities like Philadelphia were devastated by the disease. By summer the worst was over. But in the fall of 1918 there was a third wave that was the most deadly outbreak of the virus. Cities like San Francisco, that had largely escaped the devastation of the previous wave, were overwhelmed by the third wave. [/QUOTE]