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Two Americans Abroad in War Tales of Wilkinson's Escape
Wilkinson enlisted at seventeen for the Spanish American War, served in Cuba, then joined Allied forces in Europe. Captured in Flanders 1914, he befriended German Captain Kaufman and hatched a ruse to escape, later fleeing by car after pepper sprayed eyes. Kaufman, missing a leg, returned to America. Wilkinson resurfaced in a chance street reunion.
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