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I had gone into the barracks
for a minute, so we were
picked for the unfortunate
ones. It happened that they
slipped up on their roll call
and Squires with Hughes
as a pupil were the ones
that fell. I went out to see
the wreck, and the plane
hit nose first. The engine
was burried in the ground.
The whole plane was nothing
but kindling wood. Hughes
died soon after they got him
out of the wreck, and Squires
died shortly after they got
him to the hospital. Hughes
was a mighty nice boy,
and one of the St. Maxient,
and Gondrecourt boys.