Word: pilot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt '19, and Captain Douglas Campbell '17, are mentioned in French Army citations. Lieutenant Roosevelt is referred to as "an excellent pilot and scout, possessing the highest qualities of courage and devotion to duty." The order concludes "He gloriously fell in the course of an aerial combat on July...
Second Lieutenant Osric Mills Watkins '19, of Indianapolis, Ind., a pursuit pilot in the air service of the A. E. F., died of pneumonia on October...
...entered the aviation ground school at M. I. T. He was sent overseas and volunteered to take a course in bombing and observing In August he went to the front as an observer and bomber, and less than a month later was shot down in flames together with his pilot...
...Denis, at the other extremity, was tall and fast. J. F. Brown '22 and J. S. Coleman '19 formed a pair of study guards. F. Russo at centre, though light, played steady game. The star of the backfield was quarterback A. J. Conlon, another featherweight, who was sterling pilot and ran back kicks in whirlwind fashion. B. A Hunneman '22, former Noble & Greenough player, gained ground consistently in line-plunging and showed-flashes of excellent kicking. Gehrke and R. Hoffman '19, also were dependable ground gainers, and the latter made up for his lack of weight b; needy dodging...
...army has again been opened to civilian applicants through the Aviation Examining Board. Men 18 to 21 years of age who are not enlisted in any branch of military service and who have not been inducted into the Students' Army Training Corps may apply for training as Airplane Pilot or Airplane Observer...