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Title: New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed
Subjects: Biography Aeronautics World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Carret, of Cambridge, Mass.;was born on Nov. 29, 1896, at Lynn, Mass. He was educated at theCambridge High and Latin School, and at Harvard College, grad-uating in 1917, A.B. cum laude. He completed one year at HarvardGraduate School of Business Administration during his senior yearat college. He trained with the Harvard R.O.T.C., Feb. 1 to July 7, 1917,and enlisted in the Aviation Service, July 7, 1917. He attended theM.I.T. Ground School for eight weeks, to Oct. 6, 1917, and sailedoverseas on Oct. 26. He trained in flying at Tours and Issoudun;and had three weeks at the Gunnery School at Cazaux. On May 13,1918, he was commissioned 1st Lieut. Having completed the fullcourse of training for an Aviator, and having passed all tests forChasse Pilot, he was sent to the front, 5th Air Depot, on Sept. 19,1918, and was engaged in ferrying planes (binets) until Oct. 20,1918. He returned to the U.S., and at his request he was honorablydischarged on March 5, 1919, at Garden City, N.Y. ( 230- )
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WILLARD PERRIN FULLER Captain, A.S., U.S.A. He graduated from the Milton High School, Milton, Mass., in1906, and from Harvard College in 1910. On Sept. 12, 1917, hewas commissioned 1st Lieut., Aviation Section, Signal ReserveCorps. He was on duty, Personnel Section, Air Service, at Wash-ington, D.C., and was promoted to Capt., Signal Corps, RegularArmy (temp.), Feb. 19, 1918. On May 27, 1918, he was appointedExecutive Officer at Mather Aviation School, Sacramento, Cal.,and was stationed there until Nov. 1, 1918. Reserve Military Avi-ator, Oct. 28, 1918. He was appointed Assistant Executive Officer,on flying duty, at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., serving fromNov. 4 to Dec. 5, 1918. On Dec. 12, 1918, he was chosen to serveon Peace Organization Committee for the Air Service, at Wash-ington, D.C. (Portrait on opposite page.) LAURENCE L. SHEA Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, Squadron 9Northern Bombing Group Son of John F. and Mary A. (Sullivan) Shea, of Somerville, Mass.;was born at

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