{"product_id":"allen-pecks-wwi-letters-home-charles-e-peck-9780595362233","title":"Allen Peck's WWI Letters Home - 1917-1919: U.S. Army WW I Pilot Assigned to France","description":"\u003ci\u003eAllen Peck's WW I Letters Home\u003c\/i\u003e tell of his patriotic volunteer service for the brand-new U.S. Army Air Service to fight for his country. Allen's American group was sent to France to be trained by and to fly with a French escadrille. The airplanes were small, flimsy, and slow, with open cockpits and no heat. No oxygen masks. For young pilots these were exciting, challenging, and for some, fatal months. \u003cp\u003eAllen survived plane crashes, enemy planes shooting bullets through his cockpit, and enemy ground fire. A Croix de Guerre was earned for downing a German. But the trauma was great. After Armistice, he wrote of the tragic toll on his 'original gang\"\"Twelve of us reached the front, seven gone, three wounded, one unheard from, and I was untouched.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter November 11, his letters tell of experiences at a French university, of adventures at the American Embassy in London, and of helping with Inter-Allied Games.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe fell in love with and married a young French girl. When his two-year enlistment was up, Allen chose at first to stay in Paris. But, after five months, he headed back home to America with his new wife, Marguerite.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 names of individuals with whom he flew or interacted are indexed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles E. Peck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595362230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595362233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Charles E. Peck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670389346559,"sku":"9780595362233","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_945bbeec-2889-4a1e-b9ce-2656e2c18350.jpg?v=1741316864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/allen-pecks-wwi-letters-home-charles-e-peck-9780595362233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}