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  1. 02-08-2023, 03:14 #1
    jeep
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    Default Colt Model 1917 New Service

    Colt-1917-Revolver.jpgColt-1917-Revolver-45-Acp.jpg Colt-1917-Revolver-45-ACcyl.jpg Serial number per Clawsons big book it was shipped in a group of 500 total to Camp Funston,(Riley today)August 5th 1918. This is where the Spanish flu started that killed 40 million people world wide. Worse than covid!
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  2. 02-08-2023, 03:20 #2
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    Colt-1917-Revolver-45- sideplate.jpg The flu spread in those packed conditions and troops spread it. In boats on the way to europe many died and spread it to all the port citys and europe. When they came back after the war they spread it to all the port citys and back to there homes throughout the USA.
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  3. 02-12-2023, 08:29 #3
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    The Great Influenza by John Barry.
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