At a time when Washington is dumping on unsubstantiated Chinese claims that the U.S. Army started the coronavirus in Wuhan, newly available documents show that America did play a role in the spread of deadly typhus fever during World War II.

A 120-page report, done with the help of an American doctor from the U.S. Public Health Service, details the “intentional infection” of local Muslim populations with the fever in Morocco and Algeria, sometimes with deadly results.