Corpsman Dickie was an aerial spotter in the air corps, which included machine gun as well as observation duties. He wrote this letter with strong hints about the armistice that would be declared two days later, an event that the officers in the line knew nothing about.
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Air Corpsman Alex Dickie, First Army Air Group, Ligny-en-Barrois, France, November 9, 1918
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