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Paperback A Preliminary to War: The 1st Aero Squadron and the Mexican Punitive Expedition of 1916 Book

ISBN: 1477546049

ISBN13: 9781477546048

A Preliminary to War: The 1st Aero Squadron and the Mexican Punitive Expedition of 1916

On March 15, 1916, the 1st Aero Squadron arrived at Columbus, New Mexico, its train steaming into the crowded, chaotic town at 9:15 in the morning. Led by Capt. Benjamin D. Foulois, a lantern-jawed, bantam-weight former enlisted man, the squadron included eleven officers, eighty-two enlisted men, and one civilian technician. Under Foulois's direction, the men unloaded an automobile, six motorcycles, and twelve motor trucks, vehicles rare in 1916 New...

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