NORMAN PRINCE
An American Volunteer who died for France
Norman Prince
NORMAN PRINCE
A VOLUNTEER
WHO DIED FOR THE CAUSE
HE LOVED
WITH MEMOIR BY
GEORGE F. BABBITT
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1917
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published December 1917
To the
LAFAYETTE FLYING SQUADRON
(formerly the Escadrille Américaine)
—those gallant young Americans who led
the way their country was later to follow
“Under the little crosses where they rise
The soldier rests; now round him undismayed
The cannon thunder, and at night he lies
At peace beneath the eternal fusillade
That other generations might possess
From shame and menace free in years to come,
A richer heritage of happiness;
He marched to that heroic martyrdom.”
CONTENTS
| I. | Memoir | 1 |
| II. | His Own Story | 15 |
| III. | Letters | 25 |
| IV. | From His Father | 49 |
| V. | A Comrade’s Tribute | 60 |
| VI. | His Brother’s Service | 65 |
| VII. | From the French Envoys | 68 |
| VIII. | Messages of Condolence and Appreciation | 71 |