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645th Aero Squadron (Supply), AEF
World War I
645th Aero Squadron, AEF
The booklet reproduced here is one of the few extant souvenirs kept by Ellis Dean Fuller (1897 - 1978) from his service in the American Expeditionary Force of World War I.
The left column below contains typed transcriptions of the booklet. The right column contains a scanned image of the corresponding page from the original booklet, which was printed by Royer & Ce, Nancy. Errors in the transcription reflect errors in the original copy and are left intact for authenticity.
Underlined names are hyperlinked to additional information about the person. Individual biographical page updating remains a work in progress.
645th Aero Sqdrn
USA
Yuletide
Festival
Of
1918
COLOMBEY-les-BELLES
Meurthe-et-Moselle
FRANCE
MENU
CHRISTMAS DINNER
December 25, 1918
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Roast Turkey and Dressing
Scalloped Oysters Apple Sauce Brown Giblet Gravy
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Creamed Cauliflower Snow Flaked Potatoes
Stuffed Olives
Sweet Pickled Cucumbers Sweet Pickles
Pumpkin Pie Doughnuts Raisin Pie
Chocolate Bon Bons
Grape Punch Beer
Coffee Cocoa
Cigars Cigarettes
Jazz Band Singing
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ROSTER
George T. Rives, 1st. Lieutenant, Air Service, U.S.A.
Commanding Officer, 645th Aero Squadron
600 Egan Street, Shreveport, La.
Petrick H. Whittington, 1st.Lieutenant,Air Service,
U.S.A. 518 Boulevard, Shreveport, La.
Herbert R. Hawes, 2nd. Lieutenant, Air Service, U.A.S.
22 Elmwood Street, Worcester Mass.
Joseph A. Heller, 2nd. Lieutenant, Air Service, U.S.A.
3021 W. 86th Street New-York City.
R. Leonard Hooven, 2nd. Lieutenant, Air Service, U.S.A.
Hillside Avenue, Tenafly New Jersey.
John L. Mousley, 2nd. Lieutenant, Air Service, U.S.A.
323 Edgecombe Avenue, New-York City.
ADDINGTON, J.T. Para Loma, Ark.
ALGARD, E.F. Jr., R.F.D.#2, Hatfield, Pa. Box 29.
ALLSMAN, J., R.F.D. #3, Carlisle Ind.
ANDERSON, A.S., 218 Chestnut St., Manchester, N.H.
AULTMAN, L.D., Sylvester, Ga.
AUSTIN, J.E., Box 163, Lockhart, S.C.
BAIRD, D.F., Neighbours, Cal.
BAKER, H.C., 219½ Main St., Greenville, Pa.
BALDWIN, N.J., 3816 Fillmore St., Chicago, Ill.
BARKER, E., Wenona, Ill.
BARKLEY, E., Veedersburg, Ind.
BAYMAN, G.O., Stetzor, Wis.
BENSON, J.H., 3264 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BENTLEY, W.E., 2608 California Ave., Berkeley, Cal.
BLACK, B.J., 118 Wood St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BOOKER, J.D., Pembina, N.D.
BRETT, A.C., Tinsman, Ark.
BROUILLET, H.P., 715 e. third st., Duluth, Minn.
BUDD, H.E., Maple Plain, Minn. [More]
BUTTS, R.A., 1118 Cloquet Ave., Cloquet, Minn.
CAMERON, J., York, S.C., Box 67
CLARK, C.J., Wanmaker, Ind.
COKE, J.H., 66 Linden Ave., Memphis, Tenn.
CROUSS, T.A., 27 Silver St., Agawam, Mass.
DAVIS, L.L., 2436 Wylie Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
DELANEY, C.C., R.F.D.#1, Charleston, Ark.
DENDINGER, J., 1575 Maple St., Dubuque, Iowa.
DEZARN, G., Allerton, Ill.
DUDDERAR, G.W.,1613 S. Hawthorne St., Chattanooga, Tenn.
EDMINISTER, G.C., Wyanet, Ill.
ELLIS, G.W., 1615 St., Anthony Ave., St. Paul Minn.
ERICKSEN, M. 13534 Buffalo Ave., Chicago, Ill.
EVANS, C.L., Seventh & Church St., Lynchburg, Va.
FAULKNER, R.S., 1869 Izard St., Little Rock, Ark.
FOSTER, W.L., Jamestown, N.D.
FRAVEL, B., Mill Hall, Pa.
FRIEDLANDER, S., 10442 Corliss Ave., Chicago, Ill.
FULLER, E.D., Paris, Tex.
GARDINER, 552 S. Greenwood Ave., Kankakee, Ill.
GERTH, G.C., R.F.D. "C" Indianapolis, Ind.
GILSTRAP, R.F., R.F.D.#4, Milford, Tex.
GINGERY, C.C., Sauk, Center, Minn.
GOFF, J.J., Loverna, Sask., Canada.
GORMAN, G.M., 418 Main St., Sturgis, Ky.
GRIFFIN, E.M., Washington, Ga.
GUNNELLS, R.K., 541 Seventh Ave., Bessemer, Ala.
HAIR, J.W., Baskin, La.
HAKES, L.E., N. Madison St., Woodstock, Ill.
HANSEN, A.R., 443 Garland Ave., Detroit, Mich.
HARTWELL, H.N., 543 Everett Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
HEUSER, O.C., Spillville, Iowa.
HISLER, W.G., 214 E. Lafayette St., Ottawa, Ill.
HOGAN, J.F., 16 Platt Ave., Meriden, Conn.
HOWARD, H.W., R.F.D.#1, Carlisle, Ind.
HUFFMAN, R.C., Grand Rapids, Ohio.
HUGHES, R.A., 506 E. Fifteenth St., Austin, Tex.
HUNTER, M., Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa.
IBACH, H.R., Dubuque, Iowa.
JANULEWICH, J., 530 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
JENKINS, R.S., 15 Hopper St., Utica, N.Y.
JEX, E.G. , Pittsfield, Ill.
JOHNSON, T.H., 119 S. Scott St., Sheridan, Wyo.
JONES, E.A., 714 E. Mills St., Bloomington, Ill.
KENNEDY, R.W. , Bethany, Mo.
KONEFES, G.J., 217 E. Main St., Pawhuska, Okla.
KRIEGER, G.H., 1223 E. Lanvale St., Baltimore, Md.
LABLOND, R.W., 210 Slocum Ave., Syracuse, N.Y.
LADD, L.E., Cedar Run, Pa.
LEIPER, R.B., Snyder, Okla.
LEWIS, R. , Silverwood, Ind.
LUND, O.A., La Crosse, Wis.
LYONS, W.A., 77 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C.
MC CARTHY, C.A., Franklin, La.
MC COSKEY, R., Shelburn, Ind.
MABEN, C.P., Elkston, Minn.
MADISON, J.H., Fayette, Ala.
MAY, F.E., Akron, Ohio.
MILLER, W.E., 347 Grant St., Berwick, Pa.
MOENCH, F.L., 2029 Wakeling St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MONSON, J.O., 26 W. Third St., Duluth, Minn.
MOSBY, R.E., 78 N. Main St., Memphis, Tenn.
NASH, R.A., Gibson, La.
PATRICK, U.W., Evansville, Ind.
PROULX, A.A., 3114 Fremont Ave., No. Minneapolis, Minn.
ROGERS, J.T., 509 Sixteenth St., Ensley, Ala.
RYBAR, J., 340 W. First St., Hazleton, Pa.
RYBERG, E.T., 1008 First Ave., Sterling, Ill.
RYLAND, E.C., Van Hook, N.D.
SCHEIBEL, G., 41 South Ave., Pittsfield, Mass.
SCHULTZ, I.J., 1000 Fifth Ave., College Point, N.Y.
SHEDAKER, E.R., 526 York St., Burlington, N.J.
SHELLEY, M.J., Fairbury, Neb.
SIMON, V., St. James, La.
SIMONDS, C.M., 10 Charles St., Wakefield, Mass.
SIVERSON, J.W., Milan, Minn.
SMITH, A.L., Ennis, Tex.
SNOW, B.B., 3430 First Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn.
STEIN, G.J., 484 Glenmore Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
STEWARD, R.C., 614 N. Spring St., Searcy, Ark.
STILLS, V.J., Carmi, Ill.
SULLY, G.L., St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y.
TEBEAU, J.C., 3123 Ivanhoe Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
THOMPSON, F., 16 Chestnut St., Palmer, Mass.
VANNATTA, C.W., Hilo, Hawaii.
WAITE, R.L., 924 Maple St., Texarkana, Tex.
WARD, H.W., Clinton, Ky.
WARRINER, M. Jr., "Arundale", Anglesea Road,
Kingston-on-Tames, Surrey, England.
WEICKMAN, J.A., 368 E. 145th St., New York, N.Y.
WHIDDEN, B.C., Frost Proof, Fla.
WIKOFF, C.B., Crowley, La.
WILCOX, J.H Jr., 121 Daisy Lane, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
WINTER, S., 447-a State St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
WOLD, HALSTEIN, Dalton, Minn.
WOOD, B.F., R.F.D.#1, Lexington, Mo.
WOODSIDE, J.P., 1222 Benton Ave., Springfield, Mo.
WOODWARD, R.E., R.F.D.#2, O'brien, Tex.
WORTHINGTON, H.H., 4563 Zenobia St., Denver, Colo.
This section lists members of the 126th Aero Squadron who also shipped aboard the Agamemnon from the port of Hoboken, New Jersey on 13 January 1918 en route to France but who were reassigned to other units before December 1918 and are therefore not listed on the Christmas program of the 645th Aero Squadron (successor to the 126th).
Officers
1LT KERENS, Vincent. New York City, New York
2LT McCAULEY, David N., Spartenburg, South Carolina
2LT McKINLEY, Leo G., Humeston, Iowa
1LT MESTEMACHER, Louis H., St. Louis, Missouri
2LT SEYMOUR, Lawrence D., New York, New York
Senior Noncommissioned Officers
SFC SYVERUD, Richard M., Canton, South Dakota
MSG WATERS, James E., Columbus, Mississippi
Enlisted Men
ADAMS, Julius M., Campton, Georgia
ARTIN, Harry, Chicago, Illinois
BARNES, Charles F., Lyons, Illinois
BAUER, Robert S., Overlea, Maryland
BELMAN, Stanley W., Pottstown, Pennsylvania
BERARD, Felix L., Big Fork, Minnesota
BESSINGER, John Joseph, Chester, Pennsylvania
BROS, Lorin H., Minneapolis, Minnesota
BURNS, John A., Milford, Connecticut
CARLSON, Rubin T., Grove City, Minnesota
CARPENTER, Clarence C., Lincolnton, North Carolina
FORBY, Loraine W., Deep River, Iowa
FORTIER, Leon D., Kankakee, Illinois
HULL, Russell, Anderson, Indiana
JENKINS, James R., White, Georgia
JOHNSON, Edward C., Hamburg, Arkansas
KURZEJKA, Matthew J., Glencoe, Minnesota
McWILLIAMS, Thomas Joseph, ? New Jersey?
MILLER, Richard H., Terre Haute, Indiana
MILLS, Rodger Q., Boydell, Arkansas
MITCHELL, William J., Elmhurst, New York
MOORE, George Z., Princeton, Illinois
MULHOLLAND, James E., Vineland, New Jersey
QUINN, Harry J., Chester, Pennsylvania
SAHLIN, Emil A., Worcester, Massachusetts
SETTLER, Charles E., Memphis, Tennessee
SHILLESTAD, John, Chicago, Illinois
SLAVIN, James C., Des Moines, Iowa
SLOM, Leon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SMITH, William J., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
STEVENSON, John, West Somerville, Massachusetts
STORM, Arthur, Brooklyn, New York
TATE, Jewell W., Childersburg, Alabama
THIELMAN, Grover, New York, New York
WALLACE, Huling, Ocean City, New Jersey
WHEELER, Nelson A., Worcester, Massachusetts
WHITAKER, Sylvester S., Hudson, New York
WILBEE, Charles Frederick, Huntsburg, Ohio
WILLIS, Harry D., Freeport, Ohio
YANDON, Stanley, Plainview, Minnesota
Historical Notes: According to The Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (page 1024), the 645th Aero Squadron (Supply) was originally organized as the 126th Aero Squadron (Supply) at Kelly Field, Texas, in September 1917. The squadron went overseas in January 1918 via Garden City and the Port of Hoboken, New Jersey. The unit became the 645th Aero Squadron (Supply), AEF, in February 1918. The 645th remained overseas until June 1919 and was disbanded at Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York, in July 1919.
USS Agamemnon, aboard which the men of the 645th Aero Squadron (Supply) sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey to France. Read an account of her ocean crossings here.
Most of the members of the 645th Aero Squadron returned to the U.S. aboard the SS Patria, a ship that later met a disastrous fate. Read an account of the ship in a Wikipedia article here.
No, the 645th Aero Squadron (Supply) did not have a musical cadre, but these toy soldiers appear to be dressed in World War I era uniforms and perhaps serve as a memento of the Great War. Their individual photographs are here.
Research for this site has shown that, in death as in life, there is no equality among men. Some unit members are well documented in online family trees and have left behind copious historical records. Others have left scant trace of their passage through life, and their faces as well as their voices have vanished from memory. One of the sad pages on this site is that of Walter Kenney, who died in 1918, and whose memorial certificate, signed by President Woodrow Wilson, was found for sale on an online auction site. May this site help in some small way to perpetuate his memory and that of each of his brothers in arms. Readers with additional data or photos of these men are invited to submit them to wfuller44(at)gmail(dot)com.
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