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Cargando... I flew with the Lafayette Escadrillepor Edwin C. Parsons
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Early in 1916, a year before the United States entered World War I, a handful of valiant Americans banded together as the Lafayette Escadrille to forge their mark in history in the skies over France. Be it for fame, adventure or patriotism, they stepped forward to meet the common enemy long before their own nation realized the true extent of the threat to world freedom. During their days with the Escadrille, some of these men met death, while others lived out the war; but each, in his own way, earned immortality for himself and the Escadrille. As long as there remains a man with a love for flying in his heart, or one who has experienced the indescribable thrill of passing along through the tranquil solitude of the firmament, the memory of the Lafayette Escadrille and of those who served it so nobly will endure. This is the chronicle of an elite group of men, written by one of their own who survived the holocaust. The vivid account of battles in the air, the flush of success over a fallen foe, the sorrow from the loss of a comrade--all of these carry the reader back across the decades to that exciting period of so long ago. In essence, one does not read this book--he lives it. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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A small group of men joined the French Foreign Legion, and from there formed a group called American Escadrille. The name was not well received since the United States was at that time neutral. Hence the name was changed to Lafayette Escadrille.
"... the most genuine account of the lives and adventures of" the pioneer American fighter pilots who flew in the Escadrille Lafayette between May 1916 and February 1918, when, under the aegis of the U.S. Army Air Service, it became the 103rd Aero Squadron.
Edwin Parsons was not only a flying ace of The Great War, he was also a phenomenal writer. His memoir tells the story of a group of American pilots who sought to aid France in the war effort prior to the United States involvement.