Christopher Charles was one of the youngest American volunteers in the Legion; he was eighteen when he left a mechanic's job in Brooklyn, New York, shortly after the opening of the war.
~~ Alice S. Weeks, Greater Love Hath No Man (Boston: Bruce, Humprhies, Inc., 1939).
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Christopher Charles of Brooklyn, NY, joined the 3d Marching Regiment of the Legion in 1915. He was wounded in action at Horseshoe Wood during the battle of Champagne. He participated in the battles of the Somme, Champagne, and Verdun. He was cited twice in orders and was awarded the Croix de Guerre, he transferred to the French Aviation Service in June 1916 and earned his brevet the following September. He served with the Lafayette Escadrille from March 30, 1917, to Feb. 18, 1918, when he was commissioned as first lieutenant, US Air Service. He served with the 103d Pursuit Squadron until June 1918, when he accepted assignment as officer-in-charge of repair and testing at Orly.
~~ Walt Brown, Jr., An American for Lafayette: The Diaries of E.C.C. Genet, Lafayette Escadrille. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1981), p 23.
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