[Letter from Norman "Jim" Archibald to his sister Hazel Draper, written during his service in France, August 25, 1918]

Letter from Norman "Jim" Archibald to his sister Hazel Draper, written during his service in France, August 25, 1918. Describes his new plane as better than the old one he crashed; a fellow aviator winning a prize for being one of the first five Americans to get three German planes and subsequent celebration; likelihood of promotion because of his membership in the First Pursuit Group. One folded sheet, four handwritten pages.

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