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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Word has also been received that Lieutenant Francis P. Magoun '16 has been wounded flying on the western front. Last fall he was commissioned second lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, as a result of his unusual skill and daring while fighting in the scouts' division of the flying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A. B. WARREN DIED IN FRANCE | 4/23/1918 | See Source »

"The flight commander sent me up and said: 'Ely around for an hour'; so here I am, with a board on one knee to write on. Isn't this a novel letter? I see an- other machine over the town doing circles. I guess it's Tom --. We were told...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACTUAL SENSATION DURING FLIGHT UNIQUELY DESCRIBED. | 4/10/1918 | See Source »

"I'm now at 8500, and have completely lost sight of the aerodrome. I've lost sight of Tom, also. Engine off, nose down, spiral, look all over the sky for Tom. I see him going down. I'll let him go, because it's too wonderful up here, I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACTUAL SENSATION DURING FLIGHT UNIQUELY DESCRIBED. | 4/10/1918 | See Source »

It has been suggested that Cambridge Common is the most available spot for the new buildings, and, accordingly, Lieutenant-Commander Ayer has requested that the government be granted its use. There is little doubt but that the action of the Cambridge City Council on this proposal will be favorable. In...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RADIO SCHOOL TO USE COMMON | 4/10/1918 | See Source »

Lieutenant Lionel de Jersey Harvard '15, of the Grenadier Guards, is reported in the dispatches as having been killed in action in Flanders on March 30. Harvard, who is the second of his family to lay down his life for England, enlisted in 1915 immediately after receiving his degree, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD '15 KILLED IN ACTION | 4/8/1918 | See Source »

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