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sent a group of us for a tour of duty with the French. I was to report to the Commandant de l'Aeronautique of the Fourth French Army, at Chalons-sur-Marne.

In 1938, with Helen, I revisited Amanty. Nothing was left to show that the Americans had ever been there. The ground that had been the landing field was back in cultivation. All the buildings were gone, the thrifty French having no doubt put the lumber to good use elsewhere. Young trees had been planted where the barracks had stood.

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P.S. In 1978 I found Dykema's name and address on a roster of surviving overseas flyers of WWI. He still lives in Holland Michigan. I exchanged letters with him.
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