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...
Introduction
Introduction Biographical Memoir; Sketch from “Official History of Lafayette Flying Corps.” KIFFIN YATES ROCKWELL was born September 20, 1892, at Newport, Tennessee, a picturesque little town spread out along the Pigeon River, in the edge of the Appalachian Mountains....
