https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/20559e143bffa4c61999aa9e7c89de94.jpg d05bc8bd7f48a600cbf5a188443aae9b https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/ca18f8d733d0211b0afa922046e0c57c.jpg 8392480d50b68c20a0148c1f80f160d1 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/291d471e48fa17c7f1c3c625ec667a70.jpg 24c4da30bf287690932c18e6ee03406b https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/7e591495fefc9ba5ad44820d61747d0d.jpg da9cba174728365087f91b9b9c0c7fc9 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a1fd73f5844114e679fd615dff5ea252.jpg 71c2abda326294ea26c69b66de94e947 https://vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/e1055fcfc16b6d65bd9a38e2187359b9.jpg a96a2fc7bd2512d0413d32f55d104836 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 1920 Person An individual. Last Name Rowe First and Middle Name Josiah P. Jr. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1920 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army, Air Service Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 147th Pursuit Squadron Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Noted in <em>The Virginia Tech</em> as flying on the Italian Front as of 31 January 1918. Biographical Text 1st Lieutenant, Army Air Service. Left school early, accepted into pilot training, sent to Foggia, Italy for combat indoctrination, then Issoudon,France. Flew combat missions with the 147th Pursuit Squadron in the SPAD XIII Oct-Nov ’18. Daughter wrote famous book, “Letters from a World War One Aviator.” Became editor of the Fredericksburg “Free-Lance Star.” Mayor of Fredericksburg. Flew the Farman trainer, Nieuport trainer and SPAD XIII.<br /> <ul> <li>Research and text by Joseph Reich</li> </ul> Contributing Researchers Joseph Reich Bibliography <ul> <li>Pilots of the 147th Aero Squadron around a Spad, taken on 18 October 1918 near Rebercourt, France, US Signal Corps Archive (Rowe is the second to last airman squatting on the far right of this photograph): <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55218628">https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55218628</a></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/. Title A name given to the resource Rowe, Josiah P. Jr.