Whiskey & Soda
The Lafayette Escadrille’s Lions
Whiskey (background) adopted 1916, and Soda (foreground) adopted 1917
William Thaw poses with the recently adopted Whiskey
as Paul Pavelka watches on in Paris, September 1916.
William Thaw cuddles with four-month-old Whiskey in Paris, September 1916.
Whiskey pinning Raoul Lufbery to the ground
while Douglas MacMonagle and Soda look on in amusement.
Raoul Lufbery with a larger Whiskey & Soda.
The Men of the Lafayette Escadrille acquired Whiskey from a Brazilian dentist in Paris, while on leave from the Front in the summer of 1916.
Raoul Lufbery holds Whiskey as Edwin Parsons looks on, 1917. Parsons was found of cuddling with Whiskey in his cot when he was cold & accused his companion's fur of smelling "evil."
One of the Lafayette Escadrille’s mechanics posing with Whiskey & Soda in front of one of the Escadrille’s signature SPAD planes.
Lufbery referred to the elder lion as his “Whiskey-man,” and spent more time with the cub than any other member.