Butcher, Jesse Smith
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: Oct. 8, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Camp Upton
* Kelly Field
* School of Military Aeronautics, Houston, Tex.
* Corpus Christi, Tex.
* Haskin Sta., D.C.
Units to which belonged:
* 304 Machine Gun Div.
* Cadet [SMA] Austin (Air Service)
* Air Service Publicity, Wash[ington, D.C.].
Date of trip overseas: --
Service there: --
Date of return: --
Date of demobilization: --
Honors received: --

 

 

NOTES
Camp Upton (Longwood's Journey)
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/uptonhome.htm

Texas Aviation During WWI (Texas Aviation Online.com)
http://texasaviationonline.com/texas-aviation-wwi.html

Kelly Air Force Base (Texas State Historical Association)
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbk01

We Wanted Wings: A History of the Aviation Cadet Program, by Dr. Bruce
Ashcroft, Staff Historian (HQ AETC. Office of History and Research)
http://www.aetc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-061109-026.pdf

304th Machine Gun Battalion 77th Division
http://genforum.genealogy.com/wwi/messages/2233.html

USA - Join the Air Service: Learn-Earn WWI Propaganda Poster (All
POsters.com)
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/USA-Join-the-Air-Service-Learn-Earn-WWI-Propaganda-Poster-Posters_i4109172_.htm

WW1 Aviation Posters (World War 1 Propaganda Posters)
http://www.ww1propaganda.com/world-war-1-posters/ww1-aviation-posters