The American, author James Norman Hall (1887- 1961), writes of his flying in France during the First World War. For the Atlantic Monthly, he agreed to write a series of articles about American volunteers fighting in France’s Lafayette Escadrille. The United States had not yet joined the war. What we read are journal entries recording his experiences—how he was taught to fly, daily routines, weekend sojourns in Paris, targeting of enemy infantry troops and combat missions behind enemy lines. He speaks of his own emotional turmoil—recognizing his own fear, thrill, disgust and horror.