Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1879, Dec. 9 | Born, Washington, Conn. |
1898 | Enlisted, First United States Volunteer Engineers, United States Army Served in Puerto Rico |
1899 | Reenlisted, Nineteenth Infantry |
1899-1905 | Served in the Philippine Islands |
1901 | Commissioned second lieutenant, Seventeenth Infantry |
1906 | Graduated Infantry and Cavalry School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. |
1908 | Transferred to the Signal Corps Graduated, Army Signal Corps School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. Assigned to balloon detachment, Fort Myer, Va., piloted Dirigible No. 1 |
1909 | Flew with Orville Wright in test flight of Wright flyer, Fort Myer, Va. Received flight training from the Wright brothers |
1910 | Piloted Military Aeroplane No. 1, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. |
1912 | Transferred to the Seventh Infantry |
1913 | Assigned to the Signal Corps, aviation school, San Diego, Calif. |
1914 | Promoted to captain, Aviation Section, Signal Corps |
1916 | Commander, First Aero Squadron, Mexican Punitive Expedition |
1917-1918 | Chief, Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces |
1920-1921 | Assistant military observer, American Commission, Berlin, Germany |
1921-1924 | Assistant military attaché, American Embassy, Berlin, Germany |
1923 | Married Elisabeth Shepperd Grant |
1925 | Graduated, Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. |
1925-1927 | Commanding officer, Mitchel Field, Long Island, N.Y. |
1927-1931 | Assistant chief, Army Air Corps |
1931-1935 | Chief, Army Air Corps, with rank of major general |
1935 | Retired from military service |
1942 | Ran for United States Congress |
1967, Apr. 25 | Died, Andrews Air Force Base, Md. |
1968 | Published posthumously with Carroll V. Glines From the Wright Brothers to the Astronauts: The Memoirs of Major General Benjamin D. Foulois. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. |