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Title A name given to the resource East, John Howell questionnaire 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 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Eberwine First and Middle Name Vernon Gaskin Nicknames or Other Names N/a Birth Date 2/4/1896 Birthplace Suffolk, VA Hometown Bennetts Creek VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? N/a Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? 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N/a Additional Notes *Not listed as an ex-classmate County and/or State Nansemond County VA Parents John George and Annah Mildred Gaskins Eberwine Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. “Eberwine, Vernon Gaskin,” VPI in World War One, accessed November 7, 2017, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/107. 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 Eberwine, Vernon Gaskin https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/d8125ff30231c767b012fc4a78c7021a.jpg 14491e3f8f56fb4ab552c7c36685b7cb 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 1922 Person An individual. Last Name Echols First and Middle Name Estle Ward VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1922 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Cause of Death Died of Spanish Flu while in training with the Students Army Training Corps at VPI Birth Date 16 July 1897 Birthplace Bluefield, West Virginia Death Date 16 October 1918 Place of Death Christiansburg, Virginia Parents James Marion Echols and Jane Nelly Hess Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, died in training while a student at VPI Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army SATC Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1912 Person An individual. Last Name Echols First and Middle Name Oliver Patton VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1912 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Echols was a Captain during World War I. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Air Service/Army Air Forces Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Army Air Service/Army Air Corps Biographical Text World War I Echols enlisted in 1916 and served in World War I with the United States Army Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, from August 1917 to April 1919, participating as an aviator in the battles of Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. At the rank of captain, Echols served as Chief of Air Service, I Corps, for the final drive against German forces. Echols also served directly on the staff of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. Post World War I Echols's educational and military preparation for his later specialization included attendance at the Army Industrial College, Command and General Staff School, Army War College, and Air Corps Tactical School. He served in the Air Corps Experimental Engineering Section and the Procurement Section before becoming the chief engineer of the Materiel Division from 1934 to 1938. In January 1936, Echols telephoned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes" title="Howard Hughes">Howard Hughes</a> to say the Air Corps was interested in purchasing the record-breaking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-1_Racer" title="Hughes H-1 Racer">Hughes H-1 Racer</a> as a pursuit plane—it was faster than anything they had. Hughes agreed to fly the aircraft to Wright Field for a demonstration, but he failed to show up for the appointment that Echols had set up with higher Air Corps brass. After that snub, Echols never again gave Hughes a chance to bid on Air Corps projects, not even in October 1941 when Hughes offered the twin-boom <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_D-2" title="Hughes D-2">D-2</a> fighter-bomber design. Echols allowed Wright Field engineers to examine the D-2 but they concluded that it would be too heavy for its own engines after incorporating required military features such as armor plate, a bullet-resistant windshield and stronger landing gear. Echols was assistant chief of the Materiel Division at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright Field</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a> from 1939 to 1940. As chief of that division, which was headquartered in Washington, he served from 1940 to 1942. In March 1942, a reorganization changed his title to commanding general, Materiel Command, in the Army Air Forces headquarters—a position changed a year later to assistant chief of staff for materiel, maintenance and distribution. Until April 1945 Echols continued to play the major role in the production of the prime tools of American airpower. The real impetus to aircraft production came in May 1940 when President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> with a call for a program of no less than 50,000 "military and naval" aircraft per year for the nation's defense. (The Air Corps and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Aeronautics" title="Bureau of Aeronautics">Navy Bureau of Aeronautics</a> agreed that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> would get 12,500 of these.) A year and a half later, on December 7, 1941, the airframe weight of U.S. aircraft production increased sixfold—from the rate of 20,000,000 lb (9,100,000 kg) per year, to 120,000,000 lb (54,000,000 kg). By November 1942 the production rate had tripled again, to 50,000 aircraft per year. In the following year and a half to June 1944, Echols supervised another tripling of production. From 1941 on, United States aircraft production was much greater than the combined output of Japan and Germany, and the force of 3,305 combat planes in December 1941 grew to 41,000 in August 1945. Not all of these aircraft were of self-powered metal construction: in March 1942, Echols told the joint Senate–House committee that the Army Air Corps had ordered 1000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_glider" title="Military glider">wooden gliders</a>, each capable of carrying 50 soldiers. One of Echols's most important yet little known roles was his membership from 1943 to 1945 on the Air Production Board and on the Executive Committee of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Production_Board" title="War Production Board">War Production Board</a>. He represented the Army Air Forces in the committee task of coordination of all production, and the establishment of priorities for use of tools, materiel and manpower within the national war program. Helping to determine the relative strength of air versus land and sea forces of the United States were one of Echols's responsibilities, as was the task of deciding relative strengths of fighter aircraft to light-, medium- and heavy bomber forces. In early 1939, a combination of Army Air Forces tactical staff under General Arnold and Materiel Division engineers under then-Lieutenant Colonel Echols, prescribed the military requirements around which the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 Superfortress</a> was to be built. As Boeing was testing the first prototype, Echols surprised Chief Engineer Wellwood Beall of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> by telling him that the Army Air Forces intended to spend $2 billion on the bomber. The first production model was completed in July 1943 and 11 months later B-29s were bombing Japan. While at Wright Field and in Washington, Echols was known in the profession as the man chiefly responsible for the long, hard process of bringing a plane into being—planes such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortress</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-50_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-50 Superfortress">B-50 Superfortress</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair B-36">B-36 Peacemaker</a>. He helped with the initial planning that led to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-47_Stratojet" class="mw-redirect" title="B-47 Stratojet">B-47 Stratojet</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_Stratofortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-52 Stratofortress">B-52 Stratofortress</a> and the earliest American jet aircraft. Echols participated in the decision to have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> reproduce <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Whittle" title="Frank Whittle">Frank Whittle</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Welland" title="Rolls-Royce Welland">W.2B</a> jet engine for American jet fighter designs. In May 1945, Echols was sent to Germany to re-assemble and administer local government, public health, safety and welfare programs, to supervise education and religion, and to direct all communications. Echols served successively as Chief, Internal Affairs for the U.S. Control Council for Germany, as assistant deputy military governor in Germany, and director of Civil Affairs Division of the War Department Special Staff. Echols helped select government specialists for occupation duty in Japan. Major General Echols retired on December 1, 1946. <h3>Northrop</h3> In civilian life, Echols continued to help strengthen the nation's airpower potential. As president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace_Industries_Association" title="Aerospace Industries Association">Aircraft Industries Association</a> (AIA) from 1947 to 1949, his reputation for vision, decisiveness and good humor became even more widely appreciated. In August 1947, Echols was called before a War Investigating committee led by Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_S._Ferguson" title="Homer S. Ferguson">Homer Ferguson</a>, to uncover misconduct in wartime contracts given to Howard Hughes. Echols testified that the president's son, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Roosevelt" title="Elliott Roosevelt">Elliott Roosevelt</a>, who as an Army Air Forces major and lieutenant colonel had flown the successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_Lightning" class="mw-redirect" title="P-38 Lightning">P-38 Lightning</a> photo reconnaissance variant during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North Africa campaign">North Africa campaign</a>, had put political pressure on the AAF in 1943 to purchase the unneeded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_XF-11" title="Hughes XF-11">Hughes XF-11</a> photo reconnaissance aircraft over the objections of Echols and Chief of Air Staff <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_M._Giles" title="Barney M. Giles">Barney M. Giles</a>. The committee uncovered more than $5,000 in entertainment spent on Roosevelt by a paid Hughes publicist. Echols joined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a> in 1949 as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. In 1952, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Northrop" title="Jack Northrop">Jack Northrop</a>, broken by the cancellation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35" title="Northrop YB-35">B-35</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49" title="Northrop YB-49">B-49</a> projects, gave up running his company to return to pure engineering, and made Echols president and general manager. Under the direction of Echols, Northrop's work force increased from 8,000 to 24,000 employees, and the company's backlog of orders advanced from $70 million to $557 million at the time of his sudden death on May 15, 1954. <h3>Legacy</h3> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Air_Force" title="General of the Air Force">General of the Air Force</a> Henry H. "Hap" Arnold said of Echols in May 1945:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_P._Echols#cite_note-afmil-4">[4]</a> <blockquote class="templatequote"> No one knows better than you the terrific problems we have faced in the development and perfection of our equipment and in obtaining the necessary production. I know of no one who could have carried the Air Force's responsibilities in these fields than you have. The task could never have been done had not the Army Air Forces been represented in these matters by an officer having the full confidence of the Congress, the departments and civilian agencies of government, industry and labor. This trust, as well as my own, has been yours and deservedly. The country, the Army Air Forces and I, personally, owe you a real debt of gratitude. </blockquote> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brigadier General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_S._Kelsey" title="Benjamin S. Kelsey">Benjamin S. Kelsey</a> dedicated his book The Dragon's Teeth? to Echols, writing in 1981 that his <blockquote class="templatequote"> ...influence over so many years permeated so many facets of the development, production, and distribution of the aircraft for the Second World War that he might be called "The Man Who Won World War II." Without his wisdom, courage, and inspirational guidance, the weapons that the combat crews used would have been fewer and less potent. The respect that he enjoyed from the aircraft industry, Congress, his superiors, and most of all from his subordinates was due primarily to his impeccable integrity. </blockquote> A Falcon Scholarship in honor of Echols is sponsored each year by Northrop for a student seeking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a> admission with the intention of becoming an Air Force officer. ________________________________________ The biographical text above has been copied directly from Oliver P. Echols' Wikipedia page on May 17, 2918. The managers of VPI in World War I do not claim any ownership of the words and information above, but desire to present it here for the sake of research ship purposes. Researchers looking to reference this material should be directed to: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_P._Echols" target="_blank" title="Oliver P Echols Wikipedia Page" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_P._Echols</a> Hometown Charlottesville, Virginia County and/or State Albemarle County, Virginia Birth Date March 4, 1892 Birthplace Charlottesville, Virginia Death Date May 15, 1954 Place of Death Lost Angeles, California Parents William Holding Echols (a University of Virginia professor) Spouse(s) Echols married Margaret Elizabeth Bailey (1892–1990) of Rockport, Texas on December 28, 1920 in El Paso. Children Had one daughter, Mary Beirne Echols, born November 28, 1926 in Dayton, Ohio. Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Aviation Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Graduated from VPI in 1912. Later attended the University of Virginia to also study engineering. Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Retired as a Major General on December 1, 1946 Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? World War I Echols enlisted in 1916 and served in World War I with the United States Army Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, from August 1917 to April 1919, participating as an aviator in the battles of Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. At the rank of captain, Echols served as Chief of Air Service, I Corps, for the final drive against German forces. Echols also served directly on the staff of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Participated as an aviator in the battles of Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Please reference biography above. Bibliography <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_P._Echols">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_P._Echols</a></li> </ul> Decorations or Citations <ul> <li>2 Distinguished Service Medals</li> <li>Legion of Merit</li> <li>Purple Heart</li> </ul> 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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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. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Elam First and Middle Name Robert Kilby Nicknames or Other Names "Kilby" & "Uncle Bill" Birth Date October 28th, 1894 Birthplace Suffolk, VA Hometown Nansemond, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Page 116 & 155 Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Second Lieutenant Death Date November 15th, 1985 4:45 AM Cause of Death Heart Attack Place of Death Richmond, VA - The Windsor Buried - Mt. Calvary Cemetery Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? 1913-1914 VPI rank - Private, Company E Training May 1917 - First Fort Myer Camp Drafted for WWII in 1942 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 County and/or State Suffolk County Parents Father - Hilary Edward Elam Mother - Lilian (Lelian) Lee Kilby Spouse(s) Lillian Rose Rankin Married - December 7th, 1920 Age 26 Children Robert K. Elam (son) Elizabeth C. Elam (daughter) Occupation Rent solicitor in Richmond, VA for Pollard & Bagby Inc. (Real Estate) Additional Notes Participation in School Activities & Clubs - Planters Club, Class Football (1916), Anding's Hell Cats Siblings N/A Decorations or Citations N/A Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? N/A Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Returned home to Nansemond, VA until moving to Richmond, VA Biographical Text Robert Kilby Elam (“Kilby” or “Uncle Bill”) was born on October 28th, 1894 in Suffolk County, Nansemond, Virginia to the parents of Hilary Edward Elam and Lilian Lee Kilby Elam. He attended VPI (Virginia Tech), according to The Bugle (annual), Robert was a private in Company E. In 1917 and participated in multiple clubs: Planter’s club, Class Football, and Ending’s Hell Cats. Robert graduated VPI with a major in Agriculture and in the same year trained at First Fort Myer Camp in Arlington, Virginia. He was then drafted and served in the Infantry. After the war, Robert married Lillian Rose Rankin in 1920 and together had two children, Robert K. Elam and Elizabeth C. Elam. He was drafted again in 1942, for WWII, ending his military career as a Second Lieutenant. Robert worked in the Real Estate business as a Rent Solicitor in Richmond, Virginia. He died in Richmond, Virginia due to a heart attack on November 15th, 1985 and was buried at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. 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 Elam, Robert Kilby https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/91780ac73d375d5383d042c83c07265c.jpg 346b3a95d656e053cdff224db0fae0a6 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/30f4393609e2b5e4df0f42dff33fa887.jpg 0320756db2b8b03fa0d9f5855915868f 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 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Eley First and Middle Name Jesse Laurence Hometown Franklin, Virginia County and/or State Southampton 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 Eley, Jesse Laurence 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 1919 Person An individual. Last Name Eller First and Middle Name Kyle VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1919 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? Field Artillery 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 Eller, Kyle 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 1905 Person An individual. Last Name Ellett First and Middle Name Beverly VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1905 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? Coast Artillery 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 Ellett, Beverly 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 1905 Person An individual. Last Name Ellett First and Middle Name F. B. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1905 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Training May 1917 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Reserve Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Coast Artillery 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 Ellett, F. B. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/866830943d754df28939b8d18df52a91.jpg fea965fc0f0db767c54c890d0e496ed7 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/3e739ef4292503b1a18a2451c93d278b.jpg 518e263cd73521762d7ff436596e9126 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/d85aab8bee62642d8a0610a6b586503d.jpg 17b86d993415f22821737a7caebcd147 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/2bda011af4abb5ab10f1676f61d457ad.tif cce45b1f36fdde7f723fed0e0a8f23a3 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/e332e49e94e0ac439aec5d37c0c13b00.tif 2ccd5b10dae53fcd7d57e4f1432a9e95 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/063fed551c1f366913bedf506eec0486.tif 70b9575949886dd70fa2d7415bb36010 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 1913 Person An individual. Last Name Ellett First and Middle Name William Hundley VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1913 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? Veterinary Corps Birth Date April 21, 1891 Birthplace Richmond, Virginia Parents Edwin G. Ellett and Bettie T. Spears Ellett Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes. Then attened Kansas City Veterinary College. Occupation Veterinary Surgeon and Farmer 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 Ellett, William Hundley questionnaire https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/887dd43660e153ee9e8ad2d3a4cf3606.jpg 292db62f1790c5f2568a4e6d710f3993 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/35e8754c15a678a3f597a18437d6efd2.jpg 49479b01be42a8a246b54815647f13ac https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/233420ca5913c7c8959afed17a04bc49.jpg a0159498dd1c96db0ad3da1fbd4c29da https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/d0fd5a95e93f2e0d09bf35943a83d6e4.jpg abd031e80035e72327cd373d256d9746 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 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Ellingsworth First and Middle Name Walton Marshall Nicknames or Other Names "Cabbage" Birth Date 6/21/1894 Birthplace Norfolk, VA Hometown Norfolk, VA VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mining Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Y 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Y Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? N/a Death Date 4/7/1982 Cause of Death N/a Place of Death N/a Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Training May 1917 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? Battery E, 12th Field Artillery, 2nd Division Decorations or Citations Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Croix de Guerre Citation from Major General LeJeune, CG of 2nd Division: "He [Ellingsworth] performed his duties as Reconnaissance Officer and Observation Officer under heavy shell fire with great courage and coolness, and aided materially in the efficient firing of his battalion" Silver Star citation: "By constant and faithful attention to duty in the face of the most trying hardships and exposure to both element and hostile fire, rendered valuable service to his country during the recent engagements with the enemy" Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Aisne-Marne Offensive (fought at the Battle of Soissons) Parents J Ellingsworth and Lulu Ellingsworth Siblings None Spouse(s) Margaret Ellingsworth Children Walter Marshall Ellingsworth Jr. Occupation Construction Engineer Bibliography 1940 Federal Census Biographical Text <div style="text-align:center;">“He performed his duties as Reconnaissance Officer and Observation Officer under heavy shell fire with great courage and coolness, and aided materially in the efficient firing of his battalion.”</div> <div style="text-align:center;">-Citation from General Preston Brown regarding 1st Lieutenant Walton Ellingsworth’s bravery during the Battle of Soissons</div> Walton Ellingsworth was completing his last semester at VPI when the United States entered the war. Just days after he graduated he joined the Army, boarded a train, and entered officer training in May 1917. A year later, in May 1918, Ellingsworth and his unit arrived in France and quickly joined the Allied offensive along the Aisne and Marne rivers. Soissons, a French town located along the Aisne River, was one of the most seriously affected towns during World War I. The town, being only miles away from German trenches, was heavily bombarded throughout the war. When the town was captured by German forces in the spring of 1918, French and American units were sent to the area to recapture it that July. Ellingsworth’s unit, the 12th Field Artillery, was among the American troops dispatched to recapture the town. On July 18, twenty-four French divisions, alongside two American divisions, launched an all out assault upon German positions in the town. American troops who attacked Soissons described passing through gas, artillery bombardments, and withering machine gun fire. It was here, on July 21, that Ellingsworth, in the face of constant attack, held his ground. He commanded his battalion to continue firing upon German positions to support advancing American Marines. For his actions in the Battle of Soissons, Ellingsworth received the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and the Croix de Guerre. Ellingsworth went on to serve with the 12th Field Artillery for the entirety of the war, fighting in the St. Mihiel Offensive and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Walton Ellingsworth returned to the United States and married Margaret Parker, with whom he had a son in 1920. Ellingsworth moved to Alabama where he worked as a civil engineer. He died on April 7, 1982. <div></div> <div> </div> Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Walton Ellingsworth returned to the United States and married Margaret Parker, with whom he had a son in 1920. Ellingsworth moved to Alabama where he worked as a civil engineer. He died on April 7, 1982. Contributing Researchers Daniel Newomb and Gregory Milhiser 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 Ellingsworth, Walton Marshall https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a55cb2bd33df6003bb949e5c5b6a0791.jpg d4d51a7e2937a3efe87056816e4a4cff https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a1b541258be9baf19844b7ee7b3bb727.jpg 94e1c2ed4f87a959043d817aae1f9b1f 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 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Ellis First and Middle Name Wilber Russell Hometown Waverly, Virginia County and/or State Sussex Nicknames or Other Names "Whiskers" Birth Date August 20, 1895 Birthplace Waverly, Virginia Death Date December 1972 Cause of Death Natural causes Place of Death Waverly, Virginia Parents Stanley Ellis and Sally Ellis Siblings Archie Ellis and Norma Ellis Spouse(s) Marium Lee Pond Ellis Children One Son Lee Burt Ellis VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes 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? Coastal Artillery Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private, second and first lieutenant and Colonel Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Colonel Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? World War I and II Additional Notes He was in a unit that was just implemented by congress in 1914 before we joined World War I Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? He went back to his home in waverly Occupation Farmer 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Contributing Researchers Chase Jackson Class of 2020 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 Ellis, Wilber Russell 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 1907 Person An individual. Last Name Ellison First and Middle Name J. A. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1907 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Lt. Colonel Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? United States Army, Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Regimental Headquarters, 116th Infantry, 29th Division 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 Ellison, J. A. https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/b703acdf4ded7c248fd16cd2261ffac3.jpg 7fdf04b829e68f6896b7ab6864cdb70d https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/7b8b3ac12e81e1ab6904086cd62a8413.jpg ce2d670e679c5ad8bcdd07a76725a485 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/3c709ed43a0942d71437cac13515ad75.jpg 51fd832ee3ca42460bcab6891bba2fb2 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 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Engelberg First and Middle Name Albert Joseph Nicknames or Other Names "Shorty" Birth Date 7/19/1894 Birthplace Phoebus, VA Hometown Phoebus, VA VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Y 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Y Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? N/a Death Date 11/20/1972 Cause of Death N/a Place of Death Hampton, VA Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Training May 1917 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? Coast Artillery 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 Engelberg, Albert Joseph