“Vive la French!” shouted Weller.
La Fumée heard them, and put her muzzle down comfortably into the water pail.
About the Author
Clayton Knight was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up just in time to become an airplane pilot with the famed Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. He also had a box seat for World War II in which he served in every important theater of war as an Associated Press special correspondent. His lifelong, active interest in aviation has earned him many honors and taken him to almost every corner of the earth, most recently on a round-the-world trip collecting material for an official history of the Military Air Transport Service. It has also provided him with fascinating material for a distinguished list of books and magazine stories that have made him well known both to young people and adults, not only as an author but an artist of uncommon distinction.
About the Historical Consultant
Few experts are as well qualified as Major General Ralph Royce to pass on the merits of a book about the Normandy invasion. As Deputy Commander of the Ninth Air Force, he was the senior air officer afloat during the invasion of France and served aboard the cruiser Augusta with Admiral Kirk and General Bradley. He accompanied General Bradley to shore at Utah Beach and, in the days that followed, reconnoitered the surrounding country very thoroughly, visiting many of the towns mentioned in this book. In General Royce’s words, “Mr. Knight’s book brings back very vividly the life that we lived during those hectic and exciting days in June, 1944, and portrays extremely well the life of the countryside during those early hours of the invasion that led to the freeing of France from the yoke of the invader.”
WE WERE THERE BOOKS
1. WE WERE THERE ON THE OREGON TRAIL
By William O. Steele
Historical Consultant: Professor Ray W. Irwin
Illustrated by Jo Polseno
2. WE WERE THERE AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG