Letter from Penrose Vass Stout at the 2nd Provisional Training Camp in Plattsburg, New York, to his cousin, Frank Ross Chambers, in Bronxville, New York.

During World War I Stout was a pilot, eventually serving as a lieutenant in the 27th Aero Squadron, First Pursuit Group. In this letter he describes his fifth week of training at the camp. He provides a humorous description of barracks reassignments ("it was very comical to see the boys lugging...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6538