Knights Without Parachutes — hap arnold
Influenza and WW1, and WW2
field kindley frederick libby hap arnold influenza
Although the effect of the flu was supposed to be a state secret for the same reason that nations talk about troop readiness only in positive terms, seeing so many sick and dying would erode anyone's feistiness. It is notable that the Armistice came so soon after the peak of flu deaths.