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Bridgeman was an intimate of Jimmy Hall (now a prisoner in Germany) and the characters of "High Adventure" are the members of the LaFayette Escadrille. "Barry" I've identified as Luffberry (who was killed [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] at a place within my eight); the six foot two-er is Captain, the [["sailor?]] faced man is Jones, the Duke is Duke Doogin no less, [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] and others are no less eloquent in the pages.
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[[vertical text]] (Sent Sheet #500 to [[?]] Swaab's [[examiner?]] ) [[/vertical text]]
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The autumnal rains are still on; yet I just came from a meeting where I represented the C.O. [[strikethrough]] O.C. [[/strikethrough]] and learned that the Big Push to straighten the St. Mihiel salient start tomorrow. Lt. Colonel (late Major Johnson) told us we had supremacy of the air and that our work for a while will be no different than that which we've been doing. He says that in 3 days the salient will be wiped out and that's certainly