Mayer, Joseph E. letter - handwritten     On sheet 1: "1. Name. Joseph E. Mayer 2. Date of Enlistment 3. Military Camps to which went: * Hazelhurst Field {L.I., N.Y.] * Winchester, England * Ayr, Scotland 4. Units to which belonged: * 15th Aero Squadron * transferred to 213th Aero Squadron, 3[rd] Pursuit Group, 1st Wing 5. [Date of] trip oversea[s]: Jan. 24, 1918 * Remark, I went across on the troopship Tuscania which was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland Feb. 5, 1918. Out of about 2400 on board 261 were lost. 6. Service there: * Took part in the St. Mihiel Offensive, Sept. 12th to Sept. 16. * Meuse-Argonne Offensive Sept. 26 - Nov. 11, 1918." On sheet 2: [Date of return:] "Landed in U.S.A. - May 31, 1919 [Date of demobilization:] Discharged - June 10, 1919 Honors received: None]" Patchogue, N.Y. Feb. 25, 1920. Dr. Gordon: - Please excuse my tardy ness in sending you this information for I mislaid the blank form you sent me and I waited to see if it would turn up. If you care for any more particulars I will gladly [send] them to you. Yours Very Truly, Joseph E. Mayer"     NOTES Hazelhurst Field, 1916-1919 (Historic Hempstead Plains - Nassau County, Long Island) http://www.hempsteadplains.com/hazelhur.htm Winchester Exhibition About World War I Camps [video]. (BBC News. Hampshire and Isle of Wight) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22909635 Ayr, Craigie, Whitelees Road, Ayr Airfield, Race Course: World War One Audit of Surviving Remains (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland) http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/331270/details/ayr+craigie+whitelees+road+ayr+airfield/ Lineage (Wikipedia. 15th Reconnaissance Squadron) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Aero_Squadron#Lineage 213th Aero Squadron (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/213th_Aero_Squadron 3rd Pursuit Group (American Aviators of World War I) http://www.usaww1.com/3rd_Pursuit_Group.php4 Feb. 5, 1918: U.S. Steamship Tuscania is Torpedoed and Sinks (History Channel. Today in History. World War I) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-steamship-tuscania-is-torpedoed-and-sinks St. Mihiel Offensive Meuse-Argonne Offensive