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In 1 ½ years of American combat in WWI, 1,026 Mainers died while serving in the military. Over half of these died from influenza. 1918 Pandemic - National Impact. Nationally, about 675,000 died from influenza out of 105 million total population. The death rate was higher in 1918 than in any year in the U.S. before or since. ................
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