The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources- American, British, French, German, and others (1919) (14779774372)

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Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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irstAmerican ace to be killed as the result of an aerial fight.He was buried with full military honors by French andAmerican detachments. Dead at 34, Raoul Lufbery was a true adventurer andsoldier of fortune, one of those bright and restless spiritswho from lifers commonplaces at times flash out into fame.For twenty years he had roamed the world seeking big thrills.He wandered in Algeria, Egypt. Tndo-China, and Japan.For eighteen months he fought as a United States soldier inthe Philippines. He worked in a restaurant in Constanti-nople ; traveled in Roumania ; had been a brewery workmanin Germany; climbed Swiss mountains, and finally, afterwinning the praise and the thanks of the Republic of Francefor his coolness and courage as a member of the famousLafayette Escadrille, was transferred to the service.of hisown flag and became a major. Except perhaps for )\Iajor AA^il-liam Thaw% he was the best known of American air-flghters.Fortune, however, had permitted him to excel Major Thaw 118
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a o o c 11!) ON THE WESTERN FRONT in the mimber of German machines brought down and offi-cially credited. Lulbery had seventeen victims officiallycredited to him. He was born in France, his father anAmerican, his mother a French woman. The family longlived in Wallingford, Conn., where Raoul spent his earlyyears. When he was six years old his mother died and hewas placed in his grandmothers care at Bourges, France.At the age of 15 he ran away from home, seeking adven-ture. German airmen in these late )\Iay days again bombedBritish hospitals in the area behind the lines, and killedand wounded some hundreds among the personnel and pa-tients. Recorded in the casualty list were the names of sev-eral sisters who, wdth other women nurses, stood bravely bytheir posts throughout a terrific deluge of explosives. Therewas in the neighborhood one large American hospital andanother in w^hich were American workers, but neither ofthese appeared to have suffered, but a number of Americandoctors and n