Devens in the News
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Rolling Stone Magazine, January 22, 1998. p. 48, "Killer Flu" by Hillary J. Johnson
"One of the most serious outbreaks occurred among the 45,000 recruits stationed at Camp Devens, near Boston, in September 1918. In one month, doctors indentified 17,000 cases of influenza and saw nearly 800 fatalities. At another camp, a commander blew his brains out after more than 500 young soldiers died."
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