Francis Poindexter's Receipt for Subsistence While Sick in Hospital fromPhillip I. Froude - August 30, 1918 - September 17, 1918
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War Department Signal Corps Aviation School Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield. [Ohio] Post Hospital Received from 2nd Lieut. Francis Poindexter for subsistence while sick in hospital From [August] 30, 1918. To [September] 17, 1918. 18 Days at $1.00 $18.00 Phillip I. Froude Major, M.R.C. Commanding Detachment. Voucher No.
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| Title | Francis Poindexter's Receipt for Subsistence While Sick in Hospital fromPhillip I. Froude - August 30, 1918 - September 17, 1918 |
| Creator | Froude, Phillip I. |
| Source | Froude, Phillip I. Francis Poindexter's Subsistence While Sick in Hospital. 30 August 1918-17 September 1918. Poindexter, Francis Collection. 84.17. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Francis Poindexter, of Kansas City, Missouri, enlisted in the 2nd Missouri Field Artillery (later the 129th Field Artillery), on June 13, 1917. He attended Divisional Officers Training School at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Upon completion of the school, Poindexter transferred to the Air Service and attended the School of Military Aeronautics in Austin, Texas. He graduated with Class 38 on April 6, 1918. Poindexter continued his training at the Wilbur Wright Field, in Fairfield, Ohio, and was assigned to flight duty July 7, 1918. On August 12, 1918, 2nd Lt. Poindexter was seriously injured in a crash near Springfield, Ohio and was treated at Walter Reed Hospital and on total disability after his discharge, effective December 13, 1918. This is a receipt for Poindexter who received $18.00 for his eighteen day hospitalization from August 30 to September 17, 1918. |
| Subject LCSH | Wilbur Wright field, Fairfield, O; Military aeronautics; United States. War Department |
| Subject Local | World War One; WWI |
| Site Accession Number | 84.17 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | August 30,1918-September 17, 1918 |
| Language | English |