Allen Peck's Wwi Letters Home - 1917-1919

Allen 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."

After 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.

He 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.

65 names of individuals with whom he flew or interacted are indexed.