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JOHN PAUL VORHEES JOIN THE AIR SERVICE AND SERVE IN FRANCE. 1917. 37 1/4x29 inches. R. Linus, Philadelphia. Condition B+: restored losses in margins; repaired tears and creases in margins and image. A wonderful early airplane image featuring soldiers in khaki who are watching as a plane soars between the blue sea and the red sky. During World War I, the Army Air Service [the precursor to the Air Force], like the Navy, was dependent on recruiting. Only the Army itself had a selective enlistment system. Rawls p. 179, IWM p. 57, Theofiles pl. C7, Borkan p. 41.
