. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . rably discharged May 31, 1919. Cited in General Orders as follows: Captain William G. Perry, , , organized and commandedthe 477th Aero Construction Squadron which made such an enviablerecord for itself. Under his direction it built airdromes at Autreville,Amanty, Bicqueley, and At Bicqueley, by superb organizationand morale, he was able to build the field in ten days. At these Head-quarters, as Equipment Officer during the latter part of the operationswest of the Meuse, he successfully and with great ta
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . rably discharged May 31, 1919. Cited in General Orders as follows: Captain William G. Perry, , , organized and commandedthe 477th Aero Construction Squadron which made such an enviablerecord for itself. Under his direction it built airdromes at Autreville,Amanty, Bicqueley, and At Bicqueley, by superb organizationand morale, he was able to build the field in ten days. At these Head-quarters, as Equipment Officer during the latter part of the operationswest of the Meuse, he successfully and with great tact handled the verydifficult proposition of obtaining, and allocating to the units of this com-mand, Air Service material, transportation, and equipment of all kinds. His extreme conscientiousness was an example which all may wellemulate. By order of Col. Milling Married, Aug. 6, 1908, Eleanor Gray. Brother in Service — Edward Hale Perry, 1st Lieut., Co. D, 6th Engineers. Killedin action at Warfusee, France, March 30, 1918. Cited forbravery in action. [ 148 ] - -. JOHN ROGERS HURLBURT Captain, , , One Hundred Sixty-Third AeroSquadron, Second Day Bombardment Group Son of Henry F. and Fannie E. (Thompson) Hurlburt, of Boston,Mass.; was born at Lynn, Mass., Nov. 8, 1893. He was educated atSt. Pauls School, Concord, , and at Harvard College, At St. Pauls he was captain of the track team, and memberof the Lower School hockey and football teams. He sailed for France, April 28, 1917, with the American Am-bulance Field Service, with which he served until Sept. 18, 1917,when he enlisted as private in the , and trained for the Avi-ation Service at Tours, France. On Jan. 17, 1918, he was com-missioned 1st Lieut., and arrived at the front in June, 1918, asAdjutant of 5th Air Depot. He was transferred to the 163d AeroSquadron, 2d Day Bombardment Group, with which he serveduntil April, 1919, when he was appointed Aide to Gen. May 30, 1919, he was co
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