The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille - Told by Its Commander Captain Georges Thenault #233320

My dear Captain,<br><br>I accept with pleasure the task of introducing your fine book to the French and American public, - firstly because it gives me yet another opportunity of honoring the glorious dead and the heroic living of your gallant escadrille, and secondly because I wish myself to express the high esteem that I feel for you, its commander during nearly two years.<br><br>You have wished to put on record, for the enlightenment of new generations in France and America, the story of the volunteers who served under your orders and gave so noble a response to the deed of La Fayette, whom they chose as their namesake. More than a century apart, the great ancestor and your young Americans were inspired by the same passion of Liberty. It was your duty to bear witness to their exploits.