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Mason Mathews Patrick was a general officer in the United States Army who led the United States Army Air Service during and after World War I and became the first Chief of the Army Air Corps when it w
Patrick in uniform, c. 1926
Gen'l Mason M. Patrick, Chief of U.S. Army Air Service
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, learning to fly. Patrick obtained a rating of Junior Airplane Pilot in 1922 at the age of 59 years.
General Patrick on the cover of the July 23, 1923 issue of Time
The American Expeditionary Forces was a formation of the United States Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War I, composed mostly of units from the U.S. Army. The AEF was established on Jul
Mason Patrick
…declared war on Germany on August 6 and in September was named Chief Engineer of Lines of Communication and Director of Construction and Forestry of the American Expeditionary Forces. In May 1918, Patrick was appointed by his old classmate General John J. Pershing to command the combined Air Service, and subsequently promoted to…
American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart (1919).
American Expeditionary Forces Commander in Chief, General John J. Pershing in 1917.
Column of American troops passing Buckingham Palace, London, 1917.
Men of the 18th Machine Gun Battalion passing through St. Baussant in advance upon St. Mihiel, September 13, 1918.