11.1 Alex * 60 writes:
The Lafayette Escadrille (LE) was made up of American pilots based in France that fought against the Jagdstaffeln of Germany prior to the United States entry into World War 1.
Ah, kewl, didn't know that. (Rather an appropriate name they got there, IMO.)
Marquis de Lafayette supported the American Revolution.
Yeah, I knew *that* -- which was why her "WW I" reference threw me off.
But, come to think of it... Even if ms Ivins has reasoned like you, that the writer of the note must have meant the "escadrille", she still *does* have it backwards, doesn't she?
I mean, if it were the squadron the note had been referring to, shouldn't it have said "they're still with *us*", meaning with the French? It looks much more probable, to me, that it meant the Marquis himself, as a way of saying "We, the French, are still with you".
Supplying a link.
