Smith, Lyle W. survey sheet - handwritten     Date of Enlistment: July 27, 1917 * Commissioned 2nd Lieut., Coast Artillery, March 27, 1918 Military Camps to which went: * Fort Wadsworth, N.Y. * Fort Monroe, Va. * Fort MacArthur, Calif. Units to which belonged: * Albany Base Hospital * The 8th Co., Southern N.Y. C.A.C. [Coastal Artillery Corps] Date of trip overseas: Sept 7th, 1918 Service there: * Completed training period, but did not see active service * Attended School at Chaumont, France for two weeks. * In command of detachment from battalion attending Artillery School at Angers, France, for one month. * In command of Co. "B", 55th AI., C.A.C. for three and one-half months Date of return: March 11, 1919 Date of demobilization: April 10, 1919 Honors received: --     NOTES U.S. Interior Dept. National Park Service. Gateway. Fort Wadsworth Defenses 1907-1945 (National Park Service) http://www.nps.gov/gate/historyculture/wasworth1907-45.htm Fort Monroe's Casemate Museum Photo: Exhibit on WWI (TripAdvisor) http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g57804-d218842-i17311676-Fort_Monroe_s_Casemate_Museum-Hampton_Virginia.html Denger, Mark J. and Dan Sebby. Historic California Posts: Fort MacArthur (Including White Point Military Reservation) (California Center for Military History) http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtMacArthur.html Smith, Bolling W. & William C. Gaines. Coast Artillery Organization: A Brief Overview (The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc.) http://www.cdsg.org/reprint%20PDFs/CACorg2011.pdf Base Hospitals (U.S. Army. Medical Department. Office of Medical History) -- see Base Hospital No. 33 [Albany, N.Y.] http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/adminamerexp/chapter24.html Chaumont Marker - AEF Headquarters (American Battle Monuments Commission) http://www.abmc.gov/memorials/memorials/cm.php Letter, Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, Angers France, June 14, 1918 (Harry S. Truman Library and Museum) http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/ww1/documents/fulltext.php?documentid=1-8 Cutler, Frederick Morse. The 55th Artillery (C.A.C.) in the American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1918. Worcester, MA: Commonwealth Press, 1920 (Internet Archive) http://archive.org/details/55thartillerycac00cutlrich