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
editCamp 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]
References
edit- ^ Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- ^ William R. Evinger: Directory of Military Bases in the U.S., Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1991.
- ^ "History of Fort Jackson | Fort Jackson". Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
- ^ WCA Series 181 - Work Projects Administration Cemetery Records, Revolution to World War I
- ^ "Emerson, William K.B".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Legislature, New York (State) (1921). "Legislative Document".
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.