The talk has been rescheduled for April 23, 2015, at 6:00 pm in Twomey Auditorium. Dr. Jessica Cannon will present "Our Boys in French Blue: Missouri Flyboys in the Lafayette Escadrille." The talk is based on her current research on two local Missouri men who joined the war effort in 1914 by enlisting with French units. Like many early American volunteers, their service began in the ambulance corps and the Foreign Legion, but quickly took them towards the exciting new weapon of war: the airplane. The talk will discuss the broader context and propaganda significance of aviation developments in World War I by exploring the experiences and post-war lives of these two men.
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