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Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the birth of the United States Air Force /

"With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Kiffin Yates Rockwell of Asheville, North Carolina, volunteered to fight for France. Initially serving with the French Foreign Legion, he soon became a founding member of the Lafayette Escadrille. This book covers Rockwell's early life and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murphy, T. B., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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