The Lafayette Escadrille: The American Volunteers Who Flew For France in World War One
2021 · Documentary
A two-part documentary that shares the service and sacrifice of the young Americans who volunteered in a time of global crisis to defend the principles of liberty and democracy, and chronicles the toll paid by America’s first combat aviators.
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