Record #:

28913

Author(s):

Warzeski, Jeanne Marie

Abstract:

Kiffin Yates Rockwell (1892-1916) was a North Carolinian who volunteered to help fight for the Allies during World War I before the United States entered the war. Rockwell flew for France in an air squadron known as the Lafayette Escadrille as part of the French Foreign Legion. Rockwell’s personal history before the war and his death during the war are detailed.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Spring 2017, p6-9

Subject(s):

Rockwell, Kiffin Yates, 1892-1916; Military service; Military history; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918