"Flying for the Air Service" provides a realistic picture of the typical flying experiences of the pilots who flew for the fledgling American Air Service during World War I. The narrative describes two brothers from Boston, George and Gerard Hughes, as they progress from apprentice pilots to flight instructors and combat pilots. After completing their pilot training program together, both were assigned as instructors. Then George was sent to France with the 12th Aero Squadrom, where he flew two-place observation aircraft over the front lines. Gerard, meanwhile, remained in America,...

Explores the war poetry of nine American veterans who served during World War II. This book compares the efforts of those men who had established themselves as poets prior to or during the war with those whose poetic careers developed after the war ended.