Emerson Field (Fort Jackson)

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Emerson Field is a former World War I military airfield, located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. It operated as a training field for the Air Service, United States Army from 1918, and was established in connection with the field artillery brigade firing center at Camp Jackson. [1] The airfield was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established starting in 1917 after the United States entry into World War I. [2]

History

Camp Jackson was established in 1917. The flying field was constructed from 18 July 1918, [3] and was soon named for 2d. Lt. William K. B. Emerson, (9 April 1894 - 14 May 1918) of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 12th Aero Squadron, American Field Artillery, who was killed in action at Bonconville, France. [4] [5] [6] [7] A New York City native, Emerson was a 1916 undergraduate of Harvard University and went overseas in the American Ambulance Service. [8] [9]

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References

  1. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  2. William R. Evinger: Directory of Military Bases in the U.S., Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1991.
  3. "History of Fort Jackson | Fort Jackson". Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  4. WCA Series 181 - Work Projects Administration Cemetery Records, Revolution to World War I
  5. "Emerson, William K.B".
  6. New York Legislative Documents, One Hundred and Forty-Third Session, 1920, Volume XXXVIII, Nos. 119 to 129 Incl., Appendix E, J.B. Lyon, printers, Albany, New York, page 67.
  7. Legislature, New York (State) (1921). "Legislative Document".
  8. Howe, M. A. DeWolfe, editor, "The Harvard Volunteers in Europe: Personal Records of Experience in Military, Ambulance, and Hospital Service", The List of Harvard Men in the European War, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1916, page 248
  9. The Harvard Volunteers in Europe: Personal Records of Experience in Military, Ambulance, and Hospital Service. Harvard University Press. 1916. ISBN   978-0-674-59960-4.