This letter, dated September 5, 1918, was written by Marbury L. Councell, Class of 1910, to McDonogh faculty member Duncan Campbell Lyle soon after Councell was commissioned as a bomber pilot during World War I. Affectionately known by both students and staff alike as “The Old Man,” Lyle maintained his close relationships with many of the boys—such as the one he had with Councell—through brisk and regular correspondence right up until his death in 1938. Additional letters from Councell can be found among more than 100 letters, postcards, and photographs in the McDonogh World War I Collection.
Letter from Marbury L. Councell 1910 – 1918
