In early September the squadron was given leave in Paris en route to their new assignment, which they assumed would be at the Somme, where a new battle was raging. While in Paris they saw an ad for a lion cub, and the squadron acquired a mascot named “Whiskey.” Jim McConnell described him as “He was a cute, bright-eyed baby lion who tried to roar in a most threatening manner but who was blissfully content the moment one gave him one’s finger to suck.” (Photo courtesy of Washington & Lee University.)