Letters of recommendations for Francis Poindexter- February 2, 1918 - February 4, 1918
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Headquarters Divisional Officers
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2nd Ind. Senior Instructor, Divisional Officers
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| Title | Letters of recommendations for Francis Poindexter- February 2, 1918 - February 4, 1918 |
| Source | Imboden, D.C., J. Andre FouiChoux, Carl L. Ristine, Stephen E. Zorr. Recommendations for Francis Poindexter. 02 February 1918- 04 February 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. These four letters of recommendation were written for Poindexter so that he would be accepted into Aviation school. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Camp Doniphan (Okla.); Fort Sill (Okla.); United States. Army--Aviation. |
| 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 | February 02, 1918- February 04, 1918. |
| Language | English |