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The Most Intense Part of WW1 for America

October 13, 2018 • charles whittlesey • cher ami • eddie rickenbacker • erwin bleckley • field kindley • handley page • harold goettler • influenza • parks family • willy coppens

Four American airmen recieved the Medal of Honor for deeds in WWI: Rickenbacker, Luke, Goettler and Bleckley. Fall of 1918 was a busy time for American soldiers and the journalists covering them. The main events leading to all four of these medals happened within about a two-week period over the end of September and the beginning of October,