A Libertyman's Adventures 1917-1919 in the 168th Aero Squadron, AEF
INDEX
4th Corps 83, 170
36th Division 165
80th Division 134, 165, 223
85th Squadron 85
98th Division 165
157th Provisional Battalion 190, 227, 228
168th Aero Squadron 83, 84, 104, 109, 116, 118, 121, 127, 167, 169, 170, 197, 205, 207, 210, 212, 214, 228, 229, 231
Adolphus Hotel 22
A.E.F. or AEF (see American Expeditionary Forces)
aerial gunnery 28
aerial map 1, 30
Aeronautical Division 13, 14, 15
Aeronca Champ 6
Albatross CIII 79
Aleshouckas, J.W. 85, 207
Allees Vertes 41, 42
Almeria, Spain 170
Altroff, Sam 23
American Expeditionary Forces iii, 27, 54, 85, 92, 104, 119, 129, 136, 170, 185, 198, 220, 224
American Flying School 46
American Officers’ Hotel 114
Amphitrite fountain 78
Ancien Hospital Saint Espirt 130
Annot 155, 156
Anstead, West Virginia 11
Archie battery 84
Argent-sur-Sauldre 67
Armistice 24, 55, 75, 83, 88, 92, 96, 101, 112, 118, 119, 124, 135, 136, 165, 172, 188, 197, 202, 204, 219
Armistice Day 204
Armistice of Rethondes 96
Armstrong, Rodney M. 85, 207, 211, 218, 236, 237, 241, 242
artillery 28, 71, 84, 85, 114, 225, 233, 236
Aston, Grand Hotel (Nice) 139
astronomy 16
Atilla the Hun 97
Atlantic Ocean 26, 203
Auxerre-sur-Yonne 67, 68
Aviation Instruction Center (AIC), Issoudun 47, 48, 50, 51, 59, 60, 62
Avro 51, 54, 55
AWOL (absent without leave) 137, 157
B-17 5
B-29 5
barnstorming 24
Bar-sur-Aube 165, 223
Bar-sur-Seine 65, 68, 69
Base Hospital #51 106, 122
bayonet 88
Belgium 34, 98
Belle Mumer (restaurant in Nice) 149
benched 20, 28
Besseneau hangars 158, 161
Biarritz 136, 137
Big Train (see also Leviathan) 183
Bingham Plan 15
Bismarck, Otto von 114
Blondeau, Patrick vi, 59
Bloody April 163
Bolshevik 198, 199
Bonny-sur-Loire 67
Bourbone-les-Bains 90
Bradley, Carl R. 85, 207, 211
Braynard, Frank O. 183
Brechainville 126
Brest 193, 194, 195, 196, 197
Britain 15, 117
Brittany 197
Broms 178
Browning machine gun 59
Bruges, Belgium 34
Buckles, Frank Woodruff vi, 135, 137, 138, 157
Buckles, Suzanne vi, 135, 136, 138
Buck, Lt. 19
Builder King 76
bulge (in line) 72, 248
Burgundy 170
Campbell, Lieutenant 165
Camp Dick, Texas 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25
Camp Sherman, Ohio 203
Canclaux Barracks 37
Canel de la Marne au Rhin 106
Cannes vi, 138, 149, 150
Cannes Film Festival 149
Cap Ferrat 143
Carroll, Festus R. 133, 207
Cathedral St. Etienne 102
Cawer, Gus 149
Champagne (region) 47, 70
Champs Elysee 120
Charleston Airport 8,
Charleston Gazette 11, 13,
Charleston, West Virginia vii, 6, 12, 22, 23, 25, 130, 163, 182, 203
Château La Ferte Imbault 66
Château Thierry 121
Chatillon (see Chatillon-sur-Seine)
Chatillon Aero-club 160, 169
Chatillon-sur-Seine v, vi, 65, 70, 71, 110, 113, 115, 116, 119, 125, 133, 134, 135, 138, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 167, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 184, 185, 223, 224, 226, 230
Chaumont 109, 119, 130, 131, 184
Chaumont Viaduct 130, 131
Chillicothe, Ohio 203
chinks 34, 35
Chippewa Lake, Ohio 9
Christmas (1918) 119, 220,
Cicero Field, Chicago 13
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 24
Civray, France 43
Clark, Edwin R. 109, 207, 219, 223
Clark Field, West Virginia 4, 5
Cleveland, Ohio 8, 9
Coal River 6, 10
Coblenz (see Koblenz)
Colombey-les-Belles 64, 65, 71, 72, 74, 93, 163, 181, 187, 188, 217, 226, 227, 230
Colombian biplane 11
Commission 20
Connell, Gorge 167
Cote d’Azur 153
Couderc, Jean-Mary 30
coupé 167
coupons (for food) 188
Coyle, Benedict A. 165, 166, 167, 169, 207, 211, 222
cross-country 9, 21, 28
Dallas, Texas 16, 17, 22
dances 106, 118, 125, 129, 130, 164, 181
Delta Tau Delta 13
Demaison, Jean vi, 95
demobilization 112, 136, 172, 185
Deutsche Tor (Metz) 99
Dewey, John 8
DH-4 Liberty 24, 44, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 64, 84, 85, 88, 101, 104, 109, 129, 133, 160, 165, 166, 167, 182, 184, 187, 205, 206
Diedenhofen (Thionville) 104
Digne-les-Bains 153, 156, 157
Dijon 117, 137, 188, 189
dirigible 14
Doles 178
Donjon Tannery 130, 132
Donnelley, Nick 167
Doughboy 88, 125, 221
Douix 158, 174
Dover, England 32, 34
Dover Patrol 34
Doyle, Dot 167, 186, 187
Duel, Major 24
Duke of Lorraine (see Stanislas)
Dunlap, Mr. 8
Eberts, Captain Melchior McEven 20
Eberts Field, Arkansas 20, 21, 28
Edgar, Harold H. 85, 208, 210
Eglise Abbatiale 36, 40
English Channel 32, 34, 97, 183
English railways 30
Entrevaux 155
Epoisses 165
Ernesto (restaurant in Nice) 149
Ernst, Grant W. 85, 208
Espace Massena (Nice) 139
Ewers, Mrs. Wm. 122
F4U Corsair 9
Fair Park (Camp Dick) 16, 17
Fanning, Winthrop C. 85, 208
Farman MF.11 “Shorthorn” 48
First Army (U.S.) 72, 218, 221, 224, 230
Flag of Honor 167, 225
Flaming Coffin (DH-4 Liberty) 57
flight log vii, 16, 29, 187
flu (see influenza)
Flying Death (flying skull) 85, 118, 129, 207, 211, 212, 228
Fokker Dr.1 Triplane 53
forced landing 19, 28, 165, 226,
Ford (car manufacturer) 56
formation 21, 28, 51, 217, 219, 223
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana 13
Fort Omaha, Nebraska 14
Fort Sam Houston, Texas 15
Fort Sill, Oklahoma 22, 23, 24
Fountain des Mers 187
Franco-Prussian War 98
Frederick III 99, 100
French Ministry of Defense 95, 96
French Riviera 134, 135, 136, 138, 141, 150, 165
Front 14, 48, 60, 62, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 83, 86, 87, 88, 92, 104, 112, 117, 163, 186, 210
Galinger, George W. 85, 208
Gap View Farm, West Virginia 135
Garden City, New Jersey 202, 203, 215
Gates, Robert ix
General Motors 56
George Washington, USS (ship) 194
German Empire 99
German officer’s sword 88
Giles, Barney M. 104, 160, 165, 208, 211, 217
God Begot House 32, 33
Gordon Bennett Trophy Race 13
gosport (speaking tube) 3
Gotha G (Bomber) 53
GPS 175
Grand Prix (U.S.) 17
Grass Cutters (flightless aircraft) 49
Great Exposition (Paris) 114
Great War vii, x, 2, 25, 43, 81, 87, 88, 96, 104, 113, 114, 118, 121, 125, 127, 128, 130, 136, 147, 150, 160, 170, 172, 173, 184, 191, 195, 204
Grenoble 156, 157
ground school 15, 16
Gyro rotary engine 11
Hall-Scott A-7 engine 21
Hannoversch CL IIA 75, 76
Hanover, Germany 92, 182
Hanover, Pennsylvania 203
Hart, John 167
Haussmann, Baron 114
Haut Savoy (restaurant in Nice) 149
Height Climbers 90
Hello Girls 124
Hicks, Texas 24
High Street (Winchester) 32, 33
Hispano-Suiza engine 163
Hoboken, New Jersey 25, 202
Hogg, Bob 196
horses 3, 88
Hotel du Louvre (Paris) vi, 113, 114, 115, 185
Hotel Philip (Annot) 155, 156
Huns 86, 92, 232, 233, 240, 241
Hyde, Captain George Arthur 175
hydrogen 14, 15, 90, 202
Immelmann 184
influenza 117, 118, 184, 195, 196
instruments 16, 169
Isle of Man 128
Issoudun vi, 22, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 185
Italy 15, 48
Ives, Robert F. 85, 208, 211
Jackson, J. B. 43
Jardin Albert I (Nice) 141, 142
Jaunly 86
Jean Phillipe (JP) vi, 44, 45
Jenny (airplane) 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 165, 250
JN-4D (Jenny) 13, 19, 23
JN-4H (Jenny) 23
Joffrey, Marshal Joseph 98
journal vii, viii, 16, 22, 30, 65, 115, 122, 128, 199
Junger, Ernst 75
Junior Military Aviator 16
Kaiser Wilhelm II 101, 195
Kanawha River, West Virginia 5, 8, 12, 163
Kelly Field, Texas 13, 15, 17, 19, 28, 48, 214, 229
Kelly, Lt. George E. 15
Kelly Number One 19
Kelly Number Two 19
Kettig (Germany) 175, 178, 180
Knights of Columbus 119, 220
Knoll, P. X. 158
Koblenz (Coblenz) 177, 179, 180, 181
Koehler, Herbert O. 85, 127, 167, 208, 210
L 49 (see LZ 96)
Lachaud-Manotte, Jean Pierre vi, 160, 162, 163, 169
La de Philomene (chambre d’hote, Civrey) 43
Laigne-en-Belin 190, 227
Lapland, SS 26, 27
La Sous-Prefecture 108
leaflets (propaganda) 72, 73
Le Bien Public 169, 170
Le Havre, France 30, 32, 34, 35, 216
Le Mans 35, 36, 188, 190
Les Miserables 156
Leviathan, USS 183, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202
Lewis, Cam 167
Lewis, C.S. 59
Lewis machine gun 59
Liberty engine 56, 57, 101, 133
Libertyman 163, 204
Ligny 109
Lincoln (car manufacturer) 56
Lindbergh, Charles A. 204
Little Rock, Arkansas 20, 21
Liverpool, England 30, 32, 215
Logis Saint-Martin (St.-Maxiant) 37
Lonoke, Arkansas 20, 21
Lorelei rock 180
Louis XV 78
Luxemburg 104
Lyon 138, 250
LZ 96 (Zeppelin) 90, 91
machine gun 16, 24
Maginot Line 98, 101
Mairie vi, 45, 59, 159
Manonville 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 92, 93, 94, 101, 104, 106, 125, 219, 220, 221, 230
Marne 98, 106, 130
Marseilles 138, 185
Martin, Bernard 172
Maximes (restaurant in Nice) 149
May, Hughbert 167
McCarron, William C. 127, 129, 208, 210, 222
Mekachera, Hamlaoui 96
Meridien-Ruhl Hotel (Nice) 151
meteorology 16
Metz 88, 92, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 177
Meuse-Argonne vi, 72, 93, 94
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery vi, 93
Mineola, New York 203
Miracle of the Marne 98
Mirage 2000 74
Mitchell, Brigadier General Billy 62
Monaco 143, 147
Mont-Boron 143,
Monte Carlo Casino 146
Montmoyen 110, 112, 115
Montsec 89, 94
Moore, Jimmy 26
Moore, Marylou 26
Morane rouleurs 49, 51
Moselle River 97, 106
Mure, Lillian 151
Nancy (France) 75, 76, 79
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) 114
National Air Races 8, 9
Negresco (hotel in Nice) vi, 147, 148, 149
Neptune Fountain (Nancy) 78
Neufchâteau 125, 129, 165, 222
New York 25, 26, 183, 195, 196, 202, 203, 214, 215, 228, 229
Nice vi, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 156, 224
Nieuport 23 49, 51, 55
Nieuport 23M (Nieuport 81) 49, 51, 54, 55
n’obliez pas 95
Nordyke & Marmon 56
Norsman, Edgar 85, 209, 211
North American Aviation 9
nosed over 19, 28
Nowlen, Stanley 85, 192, 209, 210
observation 15, 16, 28, 51, 55, 57, 59, 60, 165, 230
Old Levi (Leviathan) 183
Olsen, Everard F. 85, 190, 209
Olsen, Hap 190
Orly field 115, 166
Otero, Caroline 150
OX-5 engine 19, 23
P-38 Lightning 9
P-47 Thunderbolt 9
P-51 Mustang 5, 9
Packard Company 56
Palace of the Prince of Monaco 143
Palace Restaurant (in Nice) 149
parachute 84, 203
Pargny 165
Paris vi, 8, 34, 36, 64, 71, 80, 98, 113, 114, 115, 120, 122, 123, 130, 147, 158, 160, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 186, 187, 189, 222, 224, 225
Paris Gun 122
Parker, John C.B. 209
Parker, Thomas S. 85, 165, 209
Parkersburg, West Virginia 45
Patrick, General Mason M. 59
Patrick, Miss 122
Peck, Col. Paul 11, 12, 13
Pellegrin, Botagoz 37
Pellegrin, Edouard 37
Penguins 49
Perrett, Auguste 35
Pershing, General John J. 119, 121, 130, 225
Petain, Marshal Philippe 101, 103
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 25, 203
photography 28, 219
physical culture 127, 128, 221
Pilates (aka Pilatu) 128
Pilot’s Log 130, 165, 167
Piper J3 Cub 6
Piper Super Cruiser 6, 7
Place de la Concord (Paris) 186, 187
Place Stanislas (Nancy) 75–77, 79
Poitiers 36
Pont Alexandre III (Paris) 168
Pontanezen 193, 194
Pont St. Louis 145
Porte d’Allemagne (Metz) 99
Porte de Paris (Chatillon) 160
Post Field (Oklahoma) 23, 28
Prince of Monaco 143
prisoner 27, 44, 136, 234
prisoner of war (POW) 136
Pritchard, Major E.M. 203
Promenade des Anglais (Nice) 140
Prussia 114
puff targets 28
Puhl, Gene P. 85, 209, 211, 232
Putman 199
R.34 airship 202
Rainbow Field (West Virginia) 6, 10
Rambucourt 86, 92
Raul (restaurant in Nice) 149
Ray, Paul M. 35, 104, 209, 210
Recey 109, 110, 112, 113
reconnaissance vii, 14, 22, 28, 55, 56, 75, 217, 218, 219
Red Cross 113, 119, 220
Red Star Line 26
Republic Seabee 8
Reserve Military Aviator (R.M.A.) 20
resistance 44, 95
Rheindamfer 180
Rhine 97, 175, 178, 179, 180, 181
Rickenbacker, Edward V. 97, 252
Rigging v, 205
Riggs, Carroll G. 209, 223, 229
Ritz Carlton Hotel 136, 137, 150
Rivers, Joseph Phil vi
Robinson, John H. 184, 209, 211, 219, 223, 240, 242
Rockwell, Lawrence D. 85, 104, 209, 211
Roe, A.V. 55
Rogers, Sgt. 186
Rommel, General Erwin 24
Romorantin (Romo) 57, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 112, 117, 163, 182, 183, 184, 185, 187, 217, 230
rotary engine 11, 54
Royal Hotel (Winchester) 31, 32
Ruby, Bud 22
Rue de Rivoli (Paris) 114
Ruhl Hotel (Nice) 151
rum baba 76
Saint-Julien-sur-Cher 63
Saint-Maixent-l’Ecole 35, 37, 41
Salbris 65, 66, 67
salient (bulge in line) 72, 92
Salmson 57, 237
Salvation Army 119, 220
Sandusky, Ohio 9
Sauldre River 66
Savage, Allen 149
Savage, Joe 45
scarf ring 59
Schlieffen Plan 98
Schroyer, Malcolm E. 104, 125, 209, 211, 222
S.E.5a 160, 161, 162, 163, 169
Seine River 70, 163
Selby 178
Selfriege, Lt. Thomas E. 15
Serrigny 165
Sesenich 7
Severn, Clarence M. 129, 209
Shellerburg 178
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 135
Signal Corps (U.S. Army) 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 124
signaling 16
Silhouettes D’Avions 51
Simpigny 123
Smilin’ Jack 2, 3
Smith, Sam Jones 209, 214, 222
Solo 19, 28
Somme 96
Sopwith Camel 60
Souilly 89, 104
South Hampton, England 34
souvenirs 75, 88, 89, 99, 136
SPAD 22, 184, 223
Spain 99, 117, 171
Spanish Flu 117, 118
spirals 21, 28
St. Albans, West Virginia 4
Standard J-1 21
Stanislas, Duke of Lorraine 76
Stanley, Corporal Raymond W. 56, 205
Starbuck 83, 84, 85, 109, 165, 209, 211, 214, 225, 228
steamer trunk 197
St. Gervais 191
Stine, Kent 25, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 117, 184, 185
Stine, Marion 25, 110
Stine, Mildred 25, 203
Stine, Motts 109
St. Marguerite 192
St. Nazaire 191, 193, 227, 228, 230
stunts 21, 28, 185
submarine 26, 193
Surirey, Gilles vi, 159
Sutton, West Virginia 86
Suze Valley 130
Sweetser, A. 11
synchronized 59
Taliaferro Field (Texas) 24, 25, 28
Taylorcraft 6
Taylor, Ralph M. 133, 135, 209
TGV 31, 116
Thiaucourt 86, 88
Thionville 104
Toul 80, 85, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 130, 217, 220, 221, 230, 232, 240
Toul Cathedral 105, 106, 107
Tous Saints 63
Trampot 121, 125, 126, 129, 130, 133, 135, 221, 223, 230
Transport Ace 198, 199
Trichey 165
Trier (Germany) 97, 177, 181
Troyes 113
Tuileries (Paris) 187
UNESCO 35, 76
Union Carbide 11
Universal Exposition 168
University of Texas, Austin 15, 16
urinals 115
Vaterland 195, 199, 200, 201
Verdon Gorge 153, 154
Verdon River 155
Verdun 87, 93, 94, 96, 101, 104
Vichy Government 101
Village de Fleurs 41
Villefranche roadstead 143
Villefranche-sur-Cher 63
Vincent, Phillippe vi, 170, 172
Voeu 62
Walker, Albert K. (Johny) 5, 45, 86, 127, 129, 135, 137, 138, 139, 178, 181
war balloon 14, 217, 218
War Department 15, 197, 198
Waterhouse, C.A.M. 85, 209, 210
Weissenthurm (Germany) 175, 177, 179, 180, 226, 230
Western Front 72, 104, 117, 186
West Virginia vii, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 25, 30, 31, 34, 86, 115, 130, 135, 139, 163, 182, 188, 203
West Virginia University 9, 13
White Rock Lake, Texas 24, 25
White Star Line 26
Wilson, President Woodrow 120
Winchester, England 30, 32, 216, 229
World Heritage Site 35
Wright biplanes 11, 12, 13
Wright brothers 14
Wright, Orville 15
Wurts, Lieutenant 165
WWII 5, 6, 9, 24, 44, 90, 95, 101, 164
YMCA or Y (Young Men’s Christian Association) 32, 119, 134, 136, 143, 144, 158, 164, 178, 181, 220, 223, 229, 230
Zeebrugge Raid 34
Zeppelin 55, 89, 90, 91
Zig Zag 115