war+sls

=Volunteers for War: = Not all 2 million of the men in the war were actually drafted. Men from all over the US had heard stories of the Civil War and the Spanish war and they wanted to help fight their country. Others thought that the democracy of America was in danger and they felt like they had a duty to help fight for their country. The portion of the men who fought in WW1 had volunteered. 50,000 Americans died in actual combat and 200,000 were wounded. This tally is not counting the influenza epidemic which killed an estimated 60,000 soldiers and 25-50 million people worldwide. This epidemic was spread quickly all over the world and the death toll included more then 500,000 Americans.