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Volume one of a two volume history of the famous American volunteer squadron of the First World War There can be few who have heard of the Lafayette Flying Corps who are unaware of its history It was of course comprised of the American pilots who volunteered to fight for France in the air and it included the famous Lafayette Escadrille More than 200 American pilots completed French aviation training and 180 flew in combat Sixty three brave Americans gave their lives for the French cause and the corps was credited with nearly 160 enemy aircraft shot down Lafayette flyers included eleven flying aces and four winners of the Legion d Honneur This two volume history of the services of the Lafayette Flying Corps includes contributions by many of it members and is an essential source work on the subject for all those interested in the early history of military aviation Volume one is a history of the corps from its formation and includes details of the origin of the Escadrille Américaine the Escadrille Lafayette at the front the Lafayette Flying Corps enlistment and early training adventures in action life on the front combats and prisoners of war Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands
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Volume two of the history of the famous American volunteer squadron of the First World War There can be few who have heard of the Lafayette Flying Corps who are unaware of its history It was of course comprised of the American pilots who volunteered to fight for France in the air and it included the famous Lafayette Escadrille More than 200 American pilots completed French aviation training and 180 flew in combat Sixty three brave Americans gave their lives for the French cause and the corps was credited with nearly 160 enemy aircraft shot down Lafayette flyers included eleven flying aces and four winners of the Legion d Honneur This two volume history of the services of the Lafayette Flying Corps includes contributions by many of it members and is an essential source work on the subject for all those interested in the early history of military aviation Volume two includes full biographical sketches of the corps and its friends that are essential to those undertaking genealogical research as well as those with a more general interest in these brave pioneers of early military aviation Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands
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During World War II the US military lost some 35000 aircraft to enemy action training incidents typhoons aircraft carrier deck mishaps mechanical failures or just normal wearandtear where aircraft were scrapped and used for parts to keep others flying Many just failed to return from their missions To date the 15069 aircraft represented in this 3volume set is information initially transferred from handwritten Aircraft History Cards and are the total number of US Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft lost between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945 and lost outside the continental United States CONUS Volume II represents the information on any aircraft lost that was attached to any of the 713 squadrons listed in the database Given the thousands of hours that went into this effort the author hopes that as a 3volume set of reference books it provides assistance to others who are researching ship squadron and aircraft histories
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During World War II the US military lost some 35000 aircraft to enemy action training incidents typhoons aircraft carrier deck mishaps mechanical failures or just normal wearandtear where aircraft were scrapped and used for parts to keep others flying Many just failed to return from their missions To date the 15069 aircraft represented in this 3volume set is information initially transferred from handwritten Aircraft History Cards and are the total number of US Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft lost between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945 and lost outside the continental United States CONUS Volume II represents the information on any aircraft lost that was attached to any of the 713 squadrons listed in the database Given the thousands of hours that went into this effort the author hopes that as a 3volume set of reference books it provides assistance to others who are researching ship squadron and aircraft histories
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As the Civil War raged President Abraham Lincoln spent many hours in the War Departments telegraph office where he received all his telegrams Morning noon and night Lincoln would visit the small office to receive the latest news from the armies at the front The place was a refuge for the president who waited for incoming dispatches and talked while they were being decipherednbspDavid Homer Bates one of the first military telegraphers recollects those presidential visits during times of crisis Lincoln in the Telegraph Office originally published in 1907 shows history in the making and personalities at their most unguarded Lincoln Secretary of War Edwin Stanton Andrew Carnegie General George McClellan and many others The reader is with Lincoln at the scene of dramatic tidings of the Northern disasters at Bull Run of Meades victory at Gettysburg of Grants capture of Richmond Lincoln wrote the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation at the telegraph office and from there the news of his assassination was relayed Wartime humaninterest anecdotes the wonder of the new technology the unraveling of ciphers and codes conspiracies and rumors a heightened sense of onrushing events the tragedy of Good Friday 1865all are conveyed in this classic of Lincolniana
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Political and Military Statements in Support of the Thousands of Merchant Mariners Including Those We Honor in This Book Braving the Wartime Seas The Academy serves the Merchant Marine as West Point serves the Army and Annapolis serves the Navy September 30 1943 dedication of USMMA campus President Franklin D Roosevelt The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the Uboat peril Prime Minister Winston S Churchill This is a hundredth gone Too damned many of these fine lads gone Wish there was more we could do to minimize losses Captain Richard R McNulty June 16 1943 Note on report of death of a CadetMidshipman They have brought us our lifeblood and they had paid for it with some of their own they have delivered their cargoes to us who needed them so badly In war it is performance that counts Quotes from Douglas MacArthur General of the US Army Yours was the first front on every ocean and without you no Army and Navy can survive one of the vital teams participating will be recognized as the merchant seamen in dungarees we of the Navy will salute you with a final Well done Admiral Harold R Stark Commander of US Naval Forces in Europe Our operations would not have been possible without the strong support of our Merchant Marine These gallant officers and men maintained a bridge of ships across the Pacific and bore their share of the Japanese attacks while unloading on distant islands where the struggle was still intense and the issue not yet decided Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz US Navy Chief of Naval Operations Braving the Wartime Seas is the final book of the American Maritime History Project a private nonprofit foundation The quotations were drawn from wwwusmmorg Front cover was designed by Marek Mutch Bay Village OH
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Major Thomas T Eckert 127 Plan of the cipherroom in the War Department telegraph office 144 The old War Department building 147 Facsimile reduced of the despatch to Robert A Maxwell which Lincoln wrote for transmission but soon after countermanded 170 A duplicate of Wintrup ssignature 207 Edwin M Stanton Secretary of War 18621868 219 Facsimile of Lincoln1 sautographic estimate of the electoral vote of 1864 279 Facsimile reduced of Lincoln sdespatch to Mrs Lincoln of 745 PM A pril 2 1865 347 Facsimile reduced of Lincoln scipherdespatch in which he announced the fall of Petersburg and Richmond 352 Facsimile reduced of Lincoln sdespatch of 5PM A pril 3 1865 353 Facsimile on this and the following page of the manuscript of Secretary Stan tons order to the armies for honoring the memory of the murdered President 374 Charles A lmerin Tinker David Homer Bates Thomas Thompson Eckert Albert Brown Chandler 393 Facsimile reduced of Secretary Stanton sletter accepting Major Eckert sresignationTypographical errors above are due to OCR software and dont occur in the bookAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings such as Philosophy Classics Science Religion History Folklore and MythologyForgotten Books Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text Read books online for free at wwwforgottenbooksorg
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Maurice Baring made an unlikely soldier but during the First World War at the age of forty he obtained a commission and became Private Secretary to Hugh Trenchard Commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France and later on creator of the Royal Air Force Drawn from letters and diaries Baring describes the momentous war years that forged the flying services The embryo RAF was lucky to have such an observant and eloquent chronicler of its early years General Foch said There never was a Staff Officer in any country in any century like Major Maurice Baring When first published in 1920 it was hailed as one of the few war books that will survive
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