This diary recounts the experiences and impressions of Capt Alfred Austell Cunningham, the first Marine aviator, during his tour of British and French aviation facilities in November and December 1917. The document reveals much about the character and personality of a notable Marine and gives a view of wartime England and France as seen through his eyes. Dr. Graham A. Cosmas, the editor, joined the staff of the Division of History and Museums in December 1973 after teaching history at the University of Texas and the University of Guam. He has a PhD in History from the University of Texas and has published several articles on United States military history, as well as a book on the US Army in the Spanish-American War. The Cunningham diary, is presented here by itself as a preview of a larger collection of Cunningham materials from World War I which will be edited by Dr. Cosmas and published next year by the History and Museums Division.
EDWIN H. SIMMONS, Brigadier General, US Marine Corps (Ret.), Director of Marine Corps History and Museums
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Dec
17
2009
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Category : Archive Stories, Capt A Cunningham
Tags: 124th Escadrille, 15th Escadrille, 4th French Army, 65th Escadrille, 6th French Army, 85th Escadrille, Adelphi Hotel, Admiral Niblack, AEF Headquarters, Algerians, American Embassy, Amiens, Annapolis, Anzani Motor, Arcachon, Army Ecole d'Aviation, Army Headquarters, Aviation Headquarters, Avord, Belgian Coast, Bleriot, Blimp, Bois de Boche, Bourges, Bourmont, Breguet, British Squadron no. 3, Cafe Americain, Calais, Capt Alfred Austell Cunningham, Capt Guynemer, Capt Levy, Caudron Training Planes, Cazaux, Cdr. Ramsay, Chaumont, Chief of Flying, Col Fabre, Col Feland, Countess Bourg, Culver, Damblain, Domblain, Dover, Dr. Graham A. Cosmas, Duchess of D'Lambrosia, Duke of Orleans, Dunkirk, Eastchurch, Ecole de Tir et d'Aviation, England, First Marine Aviation Force, Fokker Monoplane, Folies Bergere, France, French Flying Corps, French Revolution, Gare de Orsay, Gen Harbord, General Board of the Navy, German U-boat, Grand Hotel, H-12 Curtiss, Hispana-Suisa, HMS BROKE, Hotel de France, Hotel de l'Univers, Hythe, King Albert, La Cheppe, La Fayette Escadrille, La Noblette, La Test, Lafayette Escadrille, Lamothe, Latin Quartier, Le Crotoy, Le Havre, Le Rhone Motor, Lieut Rene Simon, Liverpool, Loire River, London, Long Island, Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Northcliffe, Lourdes, LVG Biplane, Maj Dunsworth, Maj Gen Bundy, Maj Gen George Barnett, Manuscript Collection, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Aeronautic Company, Marine Corps Museum, Milling, Mineola, Morane Parasol, Mr. Charles A. Wood, Mr. Rowland P. Gill, Mrs. Alexander H. Jefferies, Mrs. Joyce Blackman, Nieuport de Chasse, Nieuport Monosoupape, North Atlantic, Northern Bombing Group, Paris, Pau, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pyrennées Mountains, Robertson, Rumpler 2, San Paul, Soissons, Spad, Spad Factory, Spanish-American War, SS Hantonia, SS St Louis, SS St Paul, St Georges Channel, Suippes, Theatre Femina, Tours, University of Guam, University of Texas, US Army, US Navy Ford, USS Conyngham, USS Jacob Jones, Vieux Charles, Villacoublay, Voisin Triplane, World War I, Wright, Zeppelin L-49
Nov
23
2009
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Category : Archive Stories, John Barney Hines
Tags: 45th Battalion, AIF, Australian Barbarian, Belgium, British Army, Cam Finlay, England, France, John Barney Hines, Liverpool, Mills bombs, New Zealand, Passchendaele, Polygon Wood, Souvenir King
Message from Cam Finlay about John “Barney” Hines, 1917, 45th Battalion AIF, France and Belgium
John “Barney” Hines (photo) was a real thorn in the side of the German army during World War I, so much so that the Kaiser put a price on his head “dead or alive”. Hines had the happy knack of being able to wreck German pill boxes which threatened Australian troops using his favourite Mills bombs (grenades). On top of that, he became a master at souveniring, looting all sorts of items from dead and captured Germans and returning triumphant to the Australian lines. So good was he that he became known as the “Souvenir King”.
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Sep
02
2009
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Category : Archive Stories, Robert - 513-PIR
Tags: 10th Troop Carrier Group, 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 16th Observation Squadron, 17th Airborne Division, 314th Troop Carrier Group, 316th Troop Carrier Group, 3rd Composite Squadron, 41st French Escadrille, 438th Troop Carrier Group, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 63d Troop Carrier Group, 74th Observation Group, 97th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Alabama, Anthony Eden, Army Airfield, Battle of the Bulge, Bussey Plantation, Camp Forrest, Camp Mackall, Camp Miles Standish, Capt Walter R. Lawson, CG Army Air Corps, Cherbourg, Civil War, Columbus, Douglas 0-25, E Company, Edward Maley, England, English Channel, Flight B, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Lewis, France, Frying Pan, Ft Riley, Gen George C. Marshall, Gen Hap Arnold, Georgia, Georgia Supreme Court, Henry Lewis Benning, I Troop Carrier Command, Infantry School, Infantry School of Arms, Kansas, Lawson Field, Liverpool, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Mande St Etienne, Maxwell Field, McCook Field, Montgomery, Mourmelon le Grand, New York City, North Carolina, Ohio, Operation Varsity, Portland Oregon Draft Board, President Franklin Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth-1, Rhine River, Robert L. Bobcat Williamson, Southampton, SS Wakefield, Stuart Stryker, Taunton, Tennessee, Tidworth Barracks, Winchester
Robert L. Bobcat Williamson, E Company, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division (ASN 39336775) was born on February 19 1925. Bob Williamson has several claims to notoriety, which consists of two very good reasons. First, Williamson, has become my very close friend ever since we met in 2001, at the Branson, MO, reunion. Our friendship permitted us to fondly rename each other. He is now my Bobcat and I am his Tomcat, as the two very loyal airborne feline buddies. His other claim to fame was that he was the buddy of Stuart Stryker, the winner of one of our four Medal of Honor recipients. They both volunteered for the airborne at their induction in Oregon.
Bobcat entered military service at the Portland Oregon Draft Board. From Portland, he and Stryker was bused to Fort Lewis where they first saw a paratrooper in dressed uniform. His entire group of draftees liked that look and volunteered for the paratroops and were then transported to Fort Benning, Georgia in a train that took a week. Upon arrival, they met a paratroop Sergeant, who admonished them for joining such a dangerous unit while still so young. He offered them “quit slips” should they change their minds, but there was no ‘quitter’ among them. After they all went through very rigorous physical trainings at the Frying Pan (Lawson Field) area at Fort Benning, some of the guys signed the quit slip except Patterson, Stryker and Bob, who refused to sign because they wanted the extra $50 pay per month.
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Jul
23
2009
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Category : 588th Field Arty Bn, 588th Fld Arty Bn, France (North), Germany
Tags: 137th Infantry, 155-MM Gun M-1917, 155-MM Guns SF, 168th Field Artillery, 177th Field Artillery Group, 181st Field Artillery, 182nd Field Artillery Group, 193d Field Artillery Group, 195th Field Artillery Group, 1st Lt Bernard August, 1st Lt William J. Lawless, 2d Lt Herbert M. Shryock, 2d Lt Stanley B. Bowmar, 2nd Armrd Corps, 304th French Truck Company, 33rd Field Artillery Brigade, 35th Infantry Division, 3rd Cavalry Group, 3rd US Army, 404th Field Artillery Group, 40th FA Group, 50th FA Group, 558th FA Battalion, 558th Provisional Group, 5th Field Artillery Group, 689th FA Battalion, 6th Mtz Div, 731st Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Army, 83rd Infantry Division (US), 947th Field Artillery, 94th Infantry Division, 983rd Field Artillery, 983rd Field Artillery Battalion, Allied POW Camps, Ardenne Offensive, Arizona, Artillery School, Bamberg, Baumholder, Billingen, Bittburg, Bloomington, Borg, Briquebec, Browning HMG Cal .50, California, Camp Roberts, Camp San Luis Obispo, Camp Shanks, Campholz Woods, Capt Joseph A. Dupont, Cattenom, CCB-7th Armd Div, CCR-7/AD, Chenoise, Cloyes, Colonel O'Neal-(FR), Dillengen, Douglas, East Garrison, Eisenach, England, Epernay, Evendorf, Field Artillery Reserve Training Center, Field Artillery Scholl, Field Artillery School Executive Course, Field Artillery School Survey Course, Fort Douglas, Fort Driant, Fort Hamilton, Fort Jeanne D’Arc, Fort Julian, Fort Lewis, Fort MacArthur, Fort Plapperville, Fort Sill, Fort St Quentin, Fort Verdun, Fountainebleau, France, Frankfurt, General Orders #33, Germany, Gestapo Headquarters, Gorze, Hammelberg, Hants, Haut Sierck, Headquarters II Armored Corps, Hersbruck, Himeling, Historical Section, Hombourg Bundage, Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation, II Armored Corps, Illinois, Infantry Training Center - Metz, Kaisen, Kansas, Koenignmaker, la Forêt de Vendome, La Mans, Labach, LCT 721, Le Feyar, Le Gault, Lebach, Liberal, Liverpool, Loire River, Los Angeles, LST 294, LST 506, Lt Gilbert Hahn, Luxembourg, Lyons, M-12, M-3 Medium Tank, Mainz, Maiziere-les-Metz, Maj Henry F. Thorne, Maj Mark E. Conway, Maj William R. Binkly, Manderen, Marne River, Meiningen, Melun, Merschweiller, Mersey River, Metrich, Metz, Meuse River, Military Department, Moreton Morell, Moselle River, Moselle Valley, Neunkirshen, New York, New York Port of Embarkation, Nürnberg, Oberlueken, Obersuhl, Oklahoma, Oregon, Orleans, Paris, Port Brincon, Presidio of Monterey, Provost Marshal, Ramelfangen, Regensberg, Remich, Rheims, Rhine River, Ritzing, Romsey, Saalfield, Saar River, Saarlautern, Saarwellingen, San Jose, Seille River Valley, Seine River, Siegfried Line, Southhampton, St Hillaire, St Masmes, State of Colorado, State of Utah, TBA 6-56, Tennessee, Thionville, Trier, USAT Edmund B. Alexander 2030, Utah, Utah Beach, Verdun, Verny, Vionville, Warmerville, Warwickshire, Washington, Wies, Wittlich, Ziegenhain
This copy of the History of the 558th FA Battalion was reproduced by the Military Department, State of Colorado. It was copied from the original history as prepared by Lt Gilbert Hahn upon request of the Historical Section of the Artillery School. Their request was predicated on the basis that the original cadre came from a Colorado unit – the 983rd Field Artillery Battalion. It would be amiss if we failed to mention the great contribution by the State of Utah from whence came the bulk of the fine young men that filled the ranks. The States of Tennessee, Washington, Oregon and California each sent sizeable contingents; however, most States were represented by one or two.
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Feb
15
2009
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Category : Archive Stories, O. Iverson - 9-TAC
Tags: 2nd Armored Division, 3rd Infantry Division, 414th Signal Company (Avn), A/926 Signal Battalion, Aachen, Aden, Algiers, B-17 Radio, Battle Creek, Belgium, Boise, Bournernouth, British Navy, Brown Street Baptist Church, Buzz Bomb, Cairo, Camp Crowder, Camp Kilo 13, Camp Patrick Henry, Carbon Dioxide capsule, Casablanca, Cosmoline, Criqueville, Dog Red, East-Africa, Egypt, England, Fedala, Fort Snelling, Gibraltar, Gowen Field, Grandcamp, Heliopolis, Helwan, Herb Person, Idaho, International Morse Code, Joplin, Kansas City Belle, LCT, Libya, Liège, Liverpool, M-1903, Mariposa, Massawa, Matson Line Luxury Ship, Michigan, Middlewallop Airbase, Missouri, Neosha, Newport News, Nile River, Ninth Tactical Air Command, North-Africa, Notre Dame Cathedral, Omaha Beach, Oxford, Palais of Justice, Paris, Peace Palace, Point du Hoc, Port Said, Pyramids, Red Sea, Rio de Janeiro, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Salisbury, Salt Lake, Seabees, Signal Section, Spa, Sphinx, Springfield-1903, St Lô, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Tennessee, Trowbridges, United Steel and Wire Company, Utah, Vernon Iverson, Versailles, Verviers, Virginia, Wendover Airbase, Wiltshire County
This is the wartime story of an American GI. In fact, this is the story of a GI like many other GI’ stories. It’s about friendships, cold, winter, rain, snow, mud, blood, war and dead. But this story has something else. It is the story over one of these GIs who were in Verviers and Liège during the period September 1944 to December 1944. This GI, Orville Iverson – Ivy – had built a strong friendships with the Jacquet Family from Verviers. Especially Claude and Ninette.
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