The Loyola College Annual

Author : Loyola College
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365233305
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Loyola College Annual, 1919, Vol. 12 (Classic Reprint) written by Loyola College and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Loyola College Annual, 1919, Vol. 12 In the spring fighting of 1918, John served for several weeks with the British, for whom he had a profound admiration. He was offered a commission as Captain in the Royal Flying Squadron, but early in April, he went to Dunquerque (dunkirk), France, flying with the Amer ican navy. Dunquerque was the farthermost city to the north that was still in the Allied hands, it being some fifteen miles from the German line. From this point the Navy conducted its aid raids on German submarines, and submarine bases, and also sent out its planes to destroy and combat the submarines after they had gotten to sea. The Germans retaliated by bombing the city at all times, froni the land, from the sea, and from the sky. John was acting as a pursuit pilot, that is, he was flying a small single-seated fighting machine, that protected the bombing plane from the German aircraft. Unfortunately we have no details as to the work done by John during this last most brilliant period of his brief career. Censorship was very strict and it is only now when those who were associated with him are returning home that some few facts about him are being learned. Those who knew the candid, straight-forward character of the man. His daring bravery, his impetuous enthusiasm, will easily understand that his deeds of heroism were not few. It was during this time that he was wounded in the neck by shrapnel while flying over the lines. He was in Paris convalescing, when he was visited by an old Loyola friend, Lieutenant John J. Quinn, also of the aviation, who was then on his way to Nice. Lt. Quinn was probably the last Loyola boy whom John met, as the latter died about a month later. How dangerous was the post to which John was assigned may be. Judged from this, that when the Navy took over Dunquerque in April, 1918, thirty eight pilots were sent to the station, where they saw service every day, either in raids or observation trips; within two months, thirty one of the thirty-eight lost their lives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.