Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his cousin, Kate Waller 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 the Christmas gift he sent to Chambers, a paper knife (similar to a letter opener) made from a piece of broken propeller. Although he had hoped to make...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | 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 the Christmas gift he sent to Chambers, a paper knife (similar to a letter opener) made from a piece of broken propeller. Although he had hoped to make the paper knife of wood from a plane that he wrecked, the wood came from a friend's plane instead: "For a long time I deferred having it made until I had a smosh of my own, but I have had to give it up as a bad job since it doesn't look as though I was going to have a smosh (say I rapping on wood the mean while)." |
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