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French Foreign Legion
Post Card Toulouse, Sept. 17, 1914. Dear Mamma: Have been too busy and tired to write even a card. We get up at four a.m. and work as much as fourteen hours a day. We are now fully equipped and expect to leave here soon. Hope to write you a letter in a few days. Both...
French Foreign Legion
Post Card 2ème Étranger, Toulouse, Sept. 7, 1914. Dear Mamma: Came here last week, fifty-five hours on a freight car, thirty-two men in each car. We are fixed more comfortably than at Rouen, are working hard and have very little spare time. It agrees with us. Paul and...
French Foreign Legion
2ème Régiment Étranger, 1ère Section, Dépôt de Rouen, France, Aug. 31, 1914 Dear Mamma: Paul and I are here drilling with the American corps and about sixteen hundred other foreigners from every land. I think Paul wrote you about our joining. As it is very hard to get...
New York to London
London, August 24, 1914. Dear Mamma: We are still in London but expect to leave to-morrow morning. We have been constantly on the go and have seen a great deal of the city. At first I thought it would be hard to find my way around the city but I don’t believe I would...
New York to London
U. S. M. S. St. Paul, August 14, 1914. Dear Mamma: We are now in the Irish Channel and expect to arrive in Liverpool at six o’clock this evening. We do not go to Southampton as the English Channel is closed. I have spent a week of absolute rest, thinking neither of...
New York to London
Hotel Imperial, New York City, Thursday, Aug. 6, 1914. Dear Mamma: Well, Paul and I are sailing on the American liner, St. Paul, to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. We would have gone by home to see you and explain things if there had been time. But we had to do some...
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GLOSSARY (Kiffin Rockwell frequently used French military terms in his letters; instead of translating them, they have been italicized.) Appareil: machine, aeroplane. Appel: roll-call. ” Aux armes”: “To arms.” Amateur: aviator. ” Bebe...
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APPENDIX The French Legion Etrangere, as it exists to-day, was organized in 1831, although throughout the course of her history France has had foreign troops in her service. The Foreign Legion of 1831 was formed in order to provide employment for the hundreds of...
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CITATIONS GRAND QUARTIER GÉNÉRAL DES ARMÉES Au G. Q. G., le 21 Juin, 1916. État-Major. ORDRE No. 3108 “D” La Médaille Militaire a été conferee au Militaire dont le nom suit: Rockwell, Kiffin Yates, Mle 34805 Caporal à l’Escadrille N. 124 Engagé pour la durée de...