Rate, William
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: March 7, 1918
Military Camps to which went:
* U.S. Army School [of] Aerial Photography, Rochester, N.Y.(Mar. 7-May 20)
* Hazelhurst Field (May 21-July 19)
* Mitchell Field July 19-Aug15
Units to which belonged:
* 27th Photo Section, and then transferred to
* 8th Photo Section at Mitchell Field
Date of trip overseas: Aug. 15-Aug 28, 1918
Service there:
* England Aug. 28-Sept 2
* France Sept 2, 1918-Jan. 3, 1919.
* With the First Day Bombing Group in the Meuse-Argonne.
* Germany Jsn. 5-May 10, 1919. With 7th Army Corps and the Army of Occupation at Troves
Date of return: June 7-June 22, [19]'19
Date of demobilization: June 30, 1919
Honors received: --

 

 

NOTES
Campbell, James B. Origins of Aerial Photographic Interpretation, U.S.
Army, 1916 to 1918 (ASPRS Online)
http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/pers/2008journal/january/2008_jan_77-93.pdf

18.9.2 Records of Aviation Schools (U.S. National Archives. Guide to
Federal Records. Records of the Army Air Forces[AAF]) -- includes
"Aerial Photography School, Rochester, NY, 1918"

Hazelhurst Field (New York State. Division of Military and Naval Affairs.
NYS Military Museum and Veterans' Research Center. Forts)
http://dmna.ny.gov/forts/fortsE_L/hazelhurstField.htm

18.9.1 Records of Air Fields and Air Bases (U.S. National Archives.
Guide to Federal Records. Records of the Army Air Forces[AAF]) --
includes "Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, Long Island, NY, 1918-19"
http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/018.html

Mitchell Field (Historic Hempstead Plains - Nassau County - Long Island.
Military History Links)
http://www.hempsteadplains.com/Mitchell.htm

18.9.1 Records of Air Fields and Air Bases (U.S. National Archives.
Guide to Federal Records. Records of the Army Air Forces[AAF])
-- Includes "Mitchel Field, Garden City, Long Island, NY, 1917-39"

Hartzell, Capt. Arthur E. Meuse-Argonne Battle (Sept. 26-Nov. 11, 1918).
General Headquarters. American Expeditionary Force, [1919]. (Internet
Archives)
http://archive.org/details/meuseargonnebatt00hartrich

Army of Occupation (World War 1 Vets.com)
http://www.wwvets.com/AOC.html