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Daniel Pool
Jun 26, 20185 min read
This week in 1918 | A Bitter Monday
June 24th 0400: Gray overcast clouds hang low in the night sky. For the last week men from the 77th Liberty Division had been funneling...
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Daniel Pool
Jun 17, 20181 min read
First Contact | This week in 1918...
17 - 23 June For the last two weeks the 12th continued its work on the front. Records are scant on details during this period except to...
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Daniel Pool
May 22, 20183 min read
"Deac" gets it done | This week in 1918...
Two of his planes were so badly damaged they never flew again. Capt Saunders' inspiring example foreshadowed things to come.
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Daniel Pool
May 14, 20183 min read
This Week in 1918 | First Loss...
13 - 19 May "...a couple of the boys in my squadron got bumped off today very good friends of mine. Kind of got my wind up is all I can...
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Daniel Pool
May 7, 20181 min read
First Mission...
6 - 12 May After weeks of preparation, the moment has finally come. Ourches, France, May 10, 1918, Commander Maj. Lewis H. Brereton, ...
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Daniel Pool
Apr 30, 20181 min read
This week in 1918...
29 April - 5 May As our Centennial Series continues, we find the 12th Aero Squadron pressing ahead with its preparation for combat on the...
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Daniel Pool
Apr 25, 20181 min read
This week in 1918
In addition to regular posts, TwelfthRecon is beginning a new weekly series following the 12th Aero Squadron as it fights in World War I,...
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Daniel Pool
Apr 12, 20181 min read
Update: A Memorial, Document Decryption & More Site Building
We are rapidly approaching the 100th anniversary of the World War I Armistice this November. The great folks at Over the Front have been...
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Daniel Pool
Mar 28, 20181 min read
Wilbur Kennedy Collection Update!
Quick update today. The Seattle Museum of Flight has completed its digitization of the Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection and published it...
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Daniel Pool
Feb 22, 20182 min read
Face to a Name
I came across this online collection from the Massachusetts State Library last night. They have portraits of 8,487 New England soldiers...
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Daniel Pool
Feb 12, 20182 min read
Misunderstood...the 12th's Insignia
Over the years, the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron’s insignia has been the subject of some confusion. The insignia in question (Figure 1)...
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