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The outbreak of a mysterious disease largely affecting American Legion members who attended their statewide convention in Philadelphia, captured the national media spotlight. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
We’ll take you back in time to 1976 in Philadelphia. The American Legion is having a conference at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel when horror strikes — a disease starts killing various attendees. The CDC launches a full-fledged field investigation to try and solve what is now known as one of the greatest medical mysteries of the 20th century.
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