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WACO 23 All through the grueling summer, we hoped the War would soon be over. Grand's English sister had married a Frenchman, Their son was one of the first Aces. He was Raoul Lufberry. The French Officers who were sent to Rich Field would not talk about the way which they felt would last for years. They created stunts while being shot as, so U.S. sentfor them. One of these officers was sent to George. "Frenchie" helped us sing the Marseilles with out High School French and then he and George would fly over the apartments. Our officers didn't wear the cross strap of their Sam Brown belts until overseas and Frenchie wore his. As they were stunting over us, the spiraling seemed to long, almost tree top a zoom and off to the field. When George came home, I mentioned my fears. He looked at me keenly, asked how I knew something was wrong. Told me, Frenchie's cross strap caught on the "stick" which had been left in, but his tested skills under fire quickly saved them. Another cadet nicknamed the "flying Cow" had difficulty in getting thru his course. Many cadets "got their mind up" just before the final stunt course. George felt there was a time for a cadet to solo as for a bird to leave the nest. Held too long, he got his wind up. Taking this cadet from the very beginning right thru continuously he won his commission after the recommendation to another branch of the Service. The cocky cadets and George, who prayed they would nose over, get a "Jennie nose" and thereby respect for the fact something could happen before they were killed. Knowing these fellows, their strengths and weaknesses wore George down to thing. He would roll and toss and yell "hard rubber" in his sleep..or "keep that nose down". With all this he taughtme to cook, to sew for our baby-to-be, the sweetest lover. The Brazos river dried up. The Cotton Palace opened, all the pilots from all Texas training fields flew in for exhibitions. Hundreds of airplanes
