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Daniel Pool
Oct 21, 20181 min read
This Week in 1918... Lt. Robert Paradise
This week, while on vacation, I'll be visiting the University of Texas Dallas special collections section to review the George H....
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Daniel Pool
Oct 18, 20184 min read
This Week in 1918 | Return of the Flare Gun
The last two weeks have been eventful ones for the 12th Aero Squadron. On 4 October, Lt. Samuel Bowman launched with his pilot (records...
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Daniel Pool
Oct 8, 20184 min read
This week in 1918 | Beyond the Call
29 September 1918 The Meuse-Argonne offensive has been underway now for 3 days. After initially surprising the Germans, American troops...
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Daniel Pool
Sep 29, 20183 min read
Updates From the Editor
THE BLOGOur current blog series, "This week in 1918" has been going well. You may have noticed our weekly releases have been somewhat...
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Daniel Pool
Sep 28, 201811 min read
This Week in 1918 | Four Germans, Two Americans and a Flare Gun...
28 September 1918 While returning from a successful Artillery Adjustment mission, Observer Lt. Elmer Haslett of the 12th Aero Squadron...
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Daniel Pool
Sep 26, 20185 min read
This Week in 1918 | Meuse-Argonne
22 September 1918 EDITOR'S NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all descriptions in this article are derived from the Burdette S. Wright Diaries...
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Daniel Pool
Sep 17, 20189 min read
Rain & Fire | Saint Mihiel Part II
12 September 1918 1:00 AM Toul Airfield, France It was late. Lt. Burdette Wright, labored late into the night studying and preparing his...
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Daniel Pool
Sep 12, 20182 min read
This Week in 1918 | Saint Mihiel Part I
9 –15 Sept 1918 After four years of hard warfare and bitter failure, it was finally time for the Allies to put an end to the Saint Mihiel...
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Daniel Pool
Sep 5, 20181 min read
A Personal Note
Life and Death Life and death go hand in hand Through this world of ours so drear And the things we hold most dear Live but for a day,...
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Daniel Pool
Aug 30, 20182 min read
This Week in 1918 | Back at it
26 Aug - 1 Sept Last week the 12th returned to the Western Front. Since August 12th, they have been flying missions out of Toul Airfield....
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Daniel Pool
Aug 16, 20184 min read
This week in 1918 | Missions of the 12th Aero Squadron
For the last three months, men of the 12th Aero Squadron have been fighting and dying while performing four major mission types for the...
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Daniel Pool
Aug 5, 20182 min read
Respite
6-13 August 1918 Tuesday, 6 August, the Aisne-Marne Campaign officially ends. During the Allied drawdown of the offensive, the 12th Aero...
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Daniel Pool
Jul 28, 20188 min read
This week in 1918 | Trouble
July 22-28 In March 1918, the Germans launched a major offensive designed to crush the British and knock France out of the war.[1] In...
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Daniel Pool
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Seven Bullets
On 5 July 1918, the 12th Aero Squadron received an urgent mission to photograph enemy lines. Fighter escort would be provided but the...
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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 18, 20182 min read
Latest and Greatest...Report from the Smithsonian Archives
You may have noticed things have been quiet lately from TwelfthRecon. For the last week I've been at the National Air and Space Museum...
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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 25, 20181 min read
Latest news...
Alright, it's been a while since the we've last posted new developments on the site so here goes... The Centennial Series continues...
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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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