Letter from Chauncey G. Butterfield to the Chief Signal Officer- December 4, 1917
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1st Ind. Quarters, Hdqrs. Co. 129th F.A., December 4th, 1917. Camp Doniphan, [Oklahoma] To the Chief Signal Officer, War Department, Washington, D.C. Approving attached application. I can not recommend Sergt-Major Poindexter too highly for this appointment. C [Chauncey] G. Butterfield Captain 129th F.A. Commanding Hdqrs. Co.
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| Title | Letter from Chauncey G. Butterfield to the Chief Signal Officer- December 4, 1917 |
| Creator | Butterfield, Chauncey G. |
| Source | Butterfield, Chauncey G. Letter to the Chief Signal Officer. 04 December 1917. 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. In this letter to the Chief Signal Officer in Washington D.C., Captain Chauncey G. Butterfield, of the 129th Field Artillery, wrote that he could not highly recommend Poindexter for aviation school. |
| Subject LCSH | Airplanes; Military aeronautics; United States. Army. Field Artillery, 129th; United States. War Department; Camp Doniphan (Okla.) |
| 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 | December 4, 1917 |
| Language | English |