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Title A name given to the resource Letter from Graham Bernard Bright in The Virginia Tech, 31 October 1918 Description An account of the resource Letter Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Virginia Tech Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 31 October 1918 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Bright First and Middle Name Graham Bernard Nicknames or Other Names Shorty Hometown Roanoke, Virginia County and/or State Roanoke County, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Chilton First and Middle Name Ralph Henry VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps Hometown Lancaster, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Birth Date November 8, 1889 Birthplace Lancaster County, Virginia Parents William Chilton and Gertrude Harding Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Commins First and Middle Name Charles Montgomery VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Injured in training Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Aviation Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? <ul> <li>Injured in aeroplane accident at Gerstner Field at Lake Charles, Louisiana. 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Dabney First and Middle Name William Taylor Jr. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Nicknames or Other Names Bill Hometown Richmond, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Engineers Nicknames or Other Names Pee-Wee Hometown Chincoteague Island, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Davis, Marvin Lee https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/c25f298417ec259a9ce0c8df9c0476c2.tif 6aa1332a48c2e6b1480092a9561f58b2 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/60853406bb022de08563eb96b35ef227.tif 6b4deb75b1a4c6012c88df9aa5d4ce84 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/8f6829c678e4c05313a8f9768848e718.tif 4c2261dc45415b5674aae08932dd701b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Davis First and Middle Name Winston Bozel VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Wounded Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard, Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company G, 116th Infantry, 29th Division Hometown Newport News, Virginia Birth Date June 26, 1889 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Davis, Winston Bozel questionnaire wounded Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Eiffert First and Middle Name C. H. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eiffert, C. H. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/6fcdc3120485c2cf500f98e7bbeee162.jpg 3bed66d41cd8ef8c5fd0414338fed303 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/41ffdc2bb560e2eae2349f4b9465af5c.jpg 50eadd7fd82b91085fba0341610255ed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Gravely First and Middle Name William Seymour VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 314th Field Artillery, and later 12th Aero Squadron during World War I Nicknames or Other Names Runt Hometown Roanoke, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Biographical Text <h2>William Seymour Gravely</h2> Born: March 30, 1888 Died: July 25, 1956 <h3>Biography</h3> William Gravely applied to QB (estimated) July, 1930 as an Air Corps Captain posted to Kelly Field, San Antonio, with 2500 flight hours having soloed in El Paso, (date unknown). Among his sponsors: Dale Gaffney (SFO), C. Tinker (NY), E.E. Hughes (SLC), H.B. Pentland (UNK), and William Payne (BNA). William S. Gravely was born on March 30, 1888, in Martinsville, Va. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Class of 1911) and was appointed a first lieutenant, Field Artillery Reserve, on Nov. 27, 1917. He was placed on active duty that same date and served until he was commissioned a first lieutenant, Air Service, Regular Army, on July 1, 1920. His first commissioned service was with the 314th Field Artillery at Camp Lee, Va., from November 1917 to April 1918 when he went to Fort Sill, Okla., at attend the School for Aerial Observers. Upon completion of the course in June 1918, he took a brief course at the School of Aerial Gunnery at Selfridge Field, Mich. In July 1918 he was assigned to duty with the 2nd Provisional Wing at Houston, Texas, then proceeded to Ellington Field, Texas, in February 1919. The following July he became Operations Officer, 12th Aero Squadron, and served at El Paso, Texas, and Nogales, Ariz., until August 1920 when he was ordered to duty at Godman Field, Ky., as Operations Officer. From March to August 1921, he was stationed at Carlstrom Field, Fla., where he graduated from the Air Service Pilot School. He then went to Kelly Field, Texas, graduating from the Air Service Bombardment School in January 1922. His next assignment was to the 13th Attack Squadron, Kelly Field, as Operations Officer, until the following month when he sailed for the Philippine Islands where he was assigned to the 2nd Observation Squadron as Flight Commander at Kindley Field. He moved to Clark Field, Philippines, in October 1922 for duty with the 28th Bombardment Squadron, and in July 1923 became an instructor with the 3rd Pursuit Squadron at Clark Field. He again went to Kindley Field, Philippines, in February 1924 for duty as an instructor until his return to the United States where he became Assistant Operations Officer, 10th School Group, Kelly Field, Texas, in March 1924. He was named Director of Observation, 10th School Group, in July 1925, and subsequently became an Instructor and Director of Observation at the Air Service Advanced Flying School (redesignated Air Corps Advanced Flying School) at Kelly Field. In August 1930 he proceeded to Langley Field, Va., where he graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School in June 1931. He was then assigned to Brooks Field, Texas, where he was designated Post and Group Operations Officer, 12th Observation Group. He was detailed to the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in August 1935, and upon graduation in June 1936, went to March Field, Calif., for duty with the 19th Bombardment Group, serving as Group Executive, Intelligence and Operations Officer, and Deputy Commander. 1939 – Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Intelligence, Panama Canal Department 1942 – Deputy Chief of Staff, Caribbean Air Forces 1942- 1943 Chief of Staff, 7th Air Support Command [North Africa] Oct 1943 – Jan 1944Commanding Officer 57th Bombardment Wing Jan 1944 – Commanding Officer 12th Air Force Training & Replacement Command 1944 – Commanding Officer 74th Flying Training Wing Aug 1944 – Dec 1944 – Commanding Officer Maxwell Field, Alabama PROMOTIONS Captain, Dec. 13, 1928; major (temporary), June 16, 1926; major (permanent), June 2, 1938; lieutenant colonel (temporary), March 1, 1940; lieutenant colonel (permanent), Nov. 29, 1940; colonel (temporary), July 16, 1941; brigadier general (temporary), Jan. 17, 1944. Retired: September 30, 1945 Gone West: July 25, 1956 <h3>57th Bombardment Wing - History</h3> Constituted as 8th Pursuit Wing on 19 Oct 1940. Activated on 6 Nov 1940. Inactivated on 1 Nov 1941. Redesignated 8th Fighter Wing. Activated on 24 Jul 1942. Moved to Egypt, Oct-Dec 1942, and served with Ninth AF in the Middle East and North Africa. Redesignated 57th Bombardment Wing in Apr 1943. Assigned to Twelfth AF in Aug 1943 and continued operations in the Mediterranean theater until the end of the war. Inactivated in Italy on 12 Sep 1945. Redesignated 57th Air Division. Organized on 16 Apr 1951. Assigned to Strategic Air Command. Components. Groups. 12th Bombardment: 1943-1944. 47th Bombardment: 1943-1944. 49th Pursuit: 1941. 57th Fighter: 1943-1944. 79th Fighter: 1943-1944. 310th Bombardment: 1944-1945. 319th Bombardment: 1944-1945. 321st Bombardment: 1943-1944, 1944-1945. 340th Bombardment: 1943-1944, 1944-1945. Wings. 92d Bombardment: 1951-. 98th Bombardment: 1951-1953. 99th Bombardment: 1953-. 111th Reconnaissance: 1951-1953. Stations. Maxwell Field, Ala, 6 Nov 1940; Morrison Field, Fla, 16 May-1 Nov 1941. Drew Field, Fla, 24 Jul-28 Oct 1942; Egypt, 23 Dec 1942; Tunisia, c. 29 Aug 1943; Lentini, Sicily, 4 Sep 1943; Naples, Italy, 7 Oct 1943; Foggia, Italy, 29 Oct 1943; Trocchia, Italy, 4 Jan 1944; Ghisonaccia, Corsica, 20 Apr 1944; Fano, Italy, 7 Apr 1945; Pomigliano, Italy, Aug-12 Sep 1945. Fairchild AFB, Wash, 16 Apr 1951-. Commanders. Capt Harold H Fulk, 6 Nov 1940-1941. Unkn, 1942-c. Mar 1943; Col Thomas C Darcy, c. Mar 1943-unkn; Capt John J Darmody, 1943; Col William S Gravely, 15 Oct 1943-1 Jan 1944; Brig Gen Robert D Knapp, 1 Mar 1944; Col Anthony G Hunter, 24 May 1945-unkn. Brig Gen Charles J Bondley Jr, 16 Apr 1951; Brig Gen David Wade, 1 Nov 1952; Brig Gen James V Edmundson, 20 Mar 1954; Brig Gen Edwin B Broadhurst, 18 Jan 1955-. Campaigns. Air Combat, EAME Theater; Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; North Apennines; Central Europe; Po Valley. (Unit) Decorations. None. Insigne. Shield: Per bend azure and gules, a bend argent between in chief a globe of the third lined sable emitting three lightning flashes or and issuing from base a hand holding a torch of the fourth garnished of the fifth flammant of the second and silver. (Approved 7 Apr 1954.) Data from Air Force Combat Units of World War II By Maurer, Maurer, Published 1986 Birth Date March 30, 1888 Death Date July 25, 1956 Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? 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Last Name Harris First and Middle Name Walter Campbell VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company C, 310th Infantry, 48th Division Hometown Bedford City, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Birth Date March 6, 1890 Birthplace Bedford City, Virginia Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Belgium, St. Mihiel Offensive, and Meuse-Argonne Offensive County and/or State Bedford Death Date July 5, 1973 Place of Death Erie County, Pennsylvania Parents Charles E. Harris and Nancy Richardson Davidson Siblings Charles Felix, Robert Luther, Samuel Davidson, Hannah Harris, and Virginia Harris Spouse(s) Rosalind Harris Children Faith Harris Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Wounded on October 1, 1918 Occupation Electrical engineer Contributing Researchers Connor Skelly Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Harris, Walter Campbell questionnaire wounded https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/14ce70527feac10d6d2cd8d5362bc425.jpg ca22ec7eaf57c3b9a3b2c10c88a2fdc0 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/1f80976aa4c587588a772ee7a71a7557.jpg 4cf3b6be7b7a3793a8c1aebb6d4d35cb https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/bd9d3908741b0e6de7b698678f68a02b.jpg 7ff680a32b23596cb51005498c421fdf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from William G. Harris in The  Virginia Tech, 24 October 1918 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Virginia Tech Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 24 October 1918 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Harris First and Middle Name William Gideon VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Nicknames or Other Names Bill Hometown Alexandria, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Applied Chemistry Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Bibliography Letter from William G. Harris in The Virginia Tech, 24 October 1918 Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Trained at a Officers Training Corps unit in San Juan, Puerto Rico Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Harris, William Gideon Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Hodgeson First and Middle Name Vivian Burnett VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Field Artillery Hometown Norfolk, Virginia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hodgeson, Vivian Burnett https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/cb97a166580c8d2c4adaeedb743a4f77.jpg 170c04b572330e538e3b199b06724ba6 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/3f588583a5b9b59bc9d0d1dc858e2747.jpg 3108f30fd23c3b80912e3f39a25cd6a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Hodgson First and Middle Name Asbury Nathaniel VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Coast Artillery Nicknames or Other Names Berry Hometown Falls Church, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Horticulture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hodgson, Asbury Nathaniel