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Show (Copy for ThU Department Supplied t3 the American Leg-ton News Service.) LUKE FOUGHT HIS OWN WAR Young Lieutenant's Devotion Lives on In Sister Now Cheering Ex-Soldiers In Hospitals, Frank Luke's devotion to duty lives on In the character of his sister. The American ace who so gallantly gave his life one day In the early autumn of 1918 found the same joy In service serv-ice to his country that Anna Marie Luke now finds In serving ex-sol-dlers In the hospitals hos-pitals of Phoenix, Ariz. Her songn are known wher-oiror wher-oiror vrtprnns nre quartered, and her popularity at the American Legion post, which bears her brother's name, is often remarked. Further honor was recently paid the memory of Lieutenant Luke when the Italian Croce di Guerre was awarded him posthumously. The cross, with a certificate of award signed by General Diaz, is now in possession of the late officer's family, together with a Congressional Con-gressional Medal of Honor, a Distinguished Distin-guished Service Cross with oak leaf cluster, and several minor decorations. The lieutenant was one of the best known nnd most r-lcturesaue fivers in any army. Working Work-ing for the most part without orders, or-ders, he practically practi-cally fought his own war. He would load up with bombs, fly far back into German Ger-man territory, take on any odds that happened to fall to him, and work destruction wherever he went. Known by reputation to every man in the A. E. F., he represented all that was romantic in modern warfare. He fell In action with enemy airmen near Murvaux, after a forced landing of his plane. He had previously shot down three German balloons while under un-der terrific Are from ground batteries. |