SCOTT W. APPLEBACH & THE SPANISH FLU
I have racked my brain for references that I remember about older relatives discussing the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. It had to be an important event for anyone alive in 1918, but it was a void as far as my memories from listening to older folks talk. On vacation in 2023, while haunting bookstores I found this book. There was an entire chapter on Ft. Dix, NJ and the mess the Spanish Flu caused there. Ft. Dix rang a bell in my brain. After going through several files, I realized that Uncle Scott APPLEBACH had been at Ft. Dix during the right time. I have not even tried to get his military records. The website Fold 3 showed me he had been in the Army during WWI. His enlistment ran from Sept. 6, 1918 to Jan. 18, 1919. Ancestry.com had his enlistment card from 1917. I found all kinds of stuff for his marriages but only 3 items to do with his military service. So, I thought the best place to see about him during this time frame might be Newspapers.com because the personal columns tended