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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
What the First Aero Squadron Did First
2016-11-10 14:20
The last time the Continental U.S. was invaded by a foreign army prior to the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, was the 1916 Pancho Villa raid on Columbus.
More About Kiffin Rockwell
2016-10-20 14:17
Great post about the Lafayette Escadrille, Kiffin Rockwell's victory, and the "Bottle of Death" at Roads to the Great War today.
Dawn Patrol Report - Lufbery, Nungesser and More
2016-10-13 13:57
The real pilots, not needing to do so to save their lives in actual battle, did not do maneuvers as aggressive as the RC aircraft.
World War 1's Old Soldiers From Cornell
2016-10-11 13:54
Classes of '80s and '90s; a hundred years ago you might have been in WWI!
9 Reasons to Study World War 1
2016-10-04 13:48
Calculate the miles of trenches across Europe. Did you include both sides? Did you include the front trenches and the back trenches with rooms in them?
Remembering Kiffin Yates Rockwell of the Lafayette Escadrille
2016-09-23 13:29
In reality, Rockwell's life was much more interesting: in a generation that believed in causes, he had one, and fought and died for it.
