Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his mother, Zemmie Stout Lawton, in Hartsville, South Carolina.
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 provides a description of his brief courtship with a girl from a French family that he frequently visited. Although he enjoyed visiting her, he was irritated by...
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Alabama documents Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his mother, Zemmie Stout Lawton, in Hartsville, South Carolina. |
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Alabama documents Lawton, Zemmie Stout, 1864-1945; Stout, Penrose Vass, 1887-1934; World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel; World War, 1914-1918--Military life |
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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 provides a description of his brief courtship with a girl from a French family that he frequently visited. Although he enjoyed visiting her, he was irritated by the family's strict courtship rules: "I got frightfully fed up with French social conventions - it almost seems like a personal affront - for she was chaperoned everywhere we went." He also discusses his gunnery training; describes the "camera gun" used to practice target shooting; and reports that there have been several accidents and fatalities at the training center. |
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Q0000075770 - Q0000075777Q75770 - Q75777Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his mother, Zemmie Stout Lawton, in Hartsville, South Carolina.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 provides a description of his brief courtship with a girl from a French family that he frequently visited. Although he enjoyed visiting her, he was irritated by the family's strict courtship rules: "I got frightfully fed up with French social conventions - it almost seems like a personal affront - for she was chaperoned everywhere we went." He also discusses his gunnery training; describes the "camera gun" used to practice target shooting; and reports that there have been several accidents and fatalities at the training center.1918 June 91918-06-091910-1919Lawton, Zemmie Stout, 1864-1945; Stout, Penrose Vass, 1887-1934; World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel; World War, 1914-1918--Military lifeTextCorrespondenceStout, Penrose VassPenrose Vass Stout papersMSS45, Box PR563v36856Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6583 |
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Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his mother, Zemmie Stout Lawton, in Hartsville, South Carolina. |
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Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his mother, Zemmie Stout Lawton, in Hartsville, South Carolina. |
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