of a mother. 

CONTENTS 

Introduction
By F.  C.  P. 

CHAPTER 

I.  Verdun
II.  From Verdun to the Somme
III.  Personal Letters from Sergeant McConnell
IV.  How France Trains Pilot Aviators
V.  Against Odds 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

James R.  McConnell _Frontispiece_ 

Some of the Americans Who are Flying for France