finis de la Guerre!" It was the finis d'aviation. It was to us, perhaps unconsciously, the end of that intimate relationship that since the beginning of the war had cemented together brothers-inarms into a closer fraternity than is known to any other... Fighting the Flying Circus - Page 361by Eddie Rickenbacker - 1919 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Michael C. Adams - History - 1990 - 200 pages
...zest and excitement of fighting airplanes is gone?" Male comradeship would be lost: Armistice Day saw "the end of that intimate relationship that since...fraternity than is known to any other friendship in the world."4 These words are ominous for the future. The war has been fought supposedly to end wars, but... | |
 | Glenn Watkins - Music - 2002 - 628 pages
...now that the zest and excitement of fighting airplanes is gone?" The Armistice, he noted, also meant "the end of that intimate relationship that since...fraternity than is known to any other friendship in the world. "M The argument has been repeatedly and protectively forwarded that this intimacy was a virile,... | |
 | W. David Lewis - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 734 pages
...the riotous festivities at Rembercourt on the night before the Armistice was signed, Driggs wrote, "It was to us, perhaps unconsciously, the end of that...known to any other friendship in the whole world." He recognized that "The most significant community for a combat veteran is that of his surviving comrades,"... | |
 | Aeronautics - 1931 - 626 pages
...was the finis d'aviation. It was to us, perhaps unconsciously, the end of that intimate friendship that since the beginning of the war had cemented together...it be formed and bound together in mutual devotion ? N THE morning of November 11, 1918, we received orders forbidding all pilots from leaving the airport.... | |
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