Author: Edmond Charles Clinton GenetPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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War Letters Of Edmond Genet : The First American Aviator Killed Flying The Stars And Stripes
Author: Edmond Charles Clinton GenetPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782891862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
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“Edmond Genet from Ossining, New York, was the first American flier to die in the First World War after the United States declared war against Germany, shot down by anti-aircraft artillery on April 17, 1917. Genet was the great great grandson of Edmond-Charles Genêt, also known as Citizen Genêt, the French Ambassador to the United States shortly before the French Revolution who is mostly remembered for being the cause of an international incident known as the Citizen Genêt Affair. Edmond Genet sailed for France at the end of January, 1915, to join the French Foreign Legion while still technically on leave from the US Navy. He never arranged to be formally relieved of his responsibility to the Navy before joining the Lafayette Escadrille on January 22, 1917. This decision weighed heavily on him as time wore on since he could be classified as a deserter because the US was not yet formally in the war and his involvement in the Escadrille was therefore not an official assignment by the US military...He was particularly celebrated since it was known that he was the descendant of Citizen Genet. As the prospect of American Involvement in the war grew he became both increasingly worried and hopeful that his participation in the Escadrille would not be affected by the American entry into the war and sought the help of prominent Americans in France to help him straighten out his status. Ironically he died shortly after the formal entry of the US into the war before the issue of his status could be dealt with. Although other Americans had died as part of the Escadrille, he was the first one to do so after the US formally declared war on the Central powers. This made him the first official American casualty of the war despite the fact that the US had not yet had time to organize or send any actual troops to Europe...He was 20 years old at the time of his death.”—Wiki
War Letters of Edmond Genet
Author: Grace Ellery ChanningPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019997161
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of letters written by Edmond Genet, a French diplomat during the American Revolutionary War. Genet's letters provide a unique perspective on the war and offer insight into the challenges faced by diplomats during this time period. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
War Letters of Edmond Genet
Author: Edmond Charles Clinton GenetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
War Letters of Edmond Genet
Author: Grace Ellery ChanningPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331655350
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Excerpt from War Letters of Edmond Genet: The First American Aviator Killed Flying the Stars and Stripes The Genets are descended from Edme Charles Genet, who was secretary and interpreter to the Comte de Provence (subsequently Louis XVIII) and who died in 1780. Edme Charles, having lived long in England, became in France an author ity on English affairs and was a publicist of some importance. His numerous works consist of his torical essays, memoirs, and letters about the British constitution, British politics, and current events in England. Two of his children became dis tinguished, the first, Edmond C., was the famous, not to say notorious, Citizen Genet, whom the Revel utionary government in France sent as am bassador to the United States m 1792, and whose ln discretions led to his recall. He never returned to France, but settled at Albany, and subsequently married the daughter of Governor Clinton. 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.
WAR LETTERS OF EDMOND GENET TH
Author: Edmond Charles Clinton 1896-1917 GenetPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781372457050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
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War Letters of Edmond (Charles Clinton) Genet (American Aviator Killed)
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