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 Volume I World War I By C. Douglas Sterner This is a Hall of Heroes electronic book, and is available for free download and printing from www.HomeOfH. You may print and distribute this book in quantity for all non-profit, educational purposes. Copyright ? 2003 by HomeOfH All Rights Reserved Table of Contents Preface Twelve Seconds That Changed History Introduction 1 The Birth Of Military Aviation 1 Knights Of The Skies! 8 Lafayette Escadrille 10 Raoul Lufbery 10 Saving Democracy 11 Hat In The Ring Squadron 12 Frank Luke The Balloon Buster 14 The Western Front - 1918 15 St. Mihiel 22 Madman From Arizona 31 The Last Straw 35 Epithet For A Gunslinger 36 For The Men On The Ground Lost Battalion Of WWI 41 The Meuse-Argonne Campaign 43 The First Pocket 45 Runner Lines And Carrier Pigeons 47 An Unlikely Hero 55 Help From Above 58 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker Americas Ace Of Aces 70 Little Eddie 75 Becoming A Man 76 Fast Eddie 78 The German Spy 79 Rickenbacher, The Pilot 81 The Hat In The Ring Squadron 83 In Pursuit Of First Place 87 St. Mihiel Offensive 95 Seven-To-One 97 Scourge Of The Sky 98 The Big Dog Fight 100 The Finish Line 103 Colonel Billy Mitchell An Aerial Armada 107 Lieutenant Billy Mitchell 110 Billy Mitchell, American Spy 114 Billy Mitchell, The Pilot 115 Billy Mitchell, Firsts 116 The U.S. Army Air Service 119 St. Mihiel And An Aerial Armada 124 Fight For Survival The Battle At Home 128 S.N.A.F.U. 129 The Crowell Report 131 The Transcontinental Reliability Test 134 Army Vs. Navy 136 The Pre-Game 140 Kickoff 142 Two-Minute Warning 146 The First Exile 151 Kill The Messenger 153 Perhaps An Explosion 155 USS Shenandoah 155 The Court-Martial Of Billy Mitchell 158 Testimony From A Navy Widow 166 Conclusion: 175 Charles Lindbergh The Lone Eagle 176 The Great 1927 New York To Paris Air Derby 180 We -- A Man And His Plane 185 Ambassador Without Portfolio 193 The Guggenheim Tour 195 Charles And Anne Lindbergh 196 The Albatross 198 Older Heroes A Brand New War 200 R