Philip A Embury Journal #3

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Journal #3 dated November 18, 1917 - August 16, 1918. Philip Embury (1891-1940) was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and attended the University of California. Early in the spring of 1917 he embarked with the University of California contingent of volunteers for the American Field Service and served on the Western front in France. After the United States entered the war, Embury attained a commission in the United States Army Air Service and trained as a pilot. He served in the 141st Aero Squadron with distinction and repatriated in 1919.

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turnout and lots of flowers. Another fellow went "West" this afternoon. I am dead tired tonight.

Friday Aug 9 '18.

Got asigned to Brown's line this morning, but didn't get up. Ott and Carmack were killed this afternoon. Ott was a monitor and Carmack was one of our St. Maxient and Tours crowd. They went into a vrille a hundred meters off of the ground.

Saturday Aug 10 '18.

Went to Ott and Carmack's funeral. The services were very impressive much more than was Schreiber's. Schreiber's was Catholic and Ott's and Carmack's was Protestant.

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Hanes, Gruby, and myself went down town and stayed over night. — I got twenty two minutes flying this morning. The Neuports beat the caudron seven ways.

Sunday Aug, 11 ‘18.

Got a good rest in a real bed last night. Feel full of pep today. — Sage was doing some extra flying at Field 7 and came down in flames. He burned up before anyone could reach him.

Monday Aug. 12 ‘18

Got “beaucoup” mail today. Sage’s funeral was this afternoon, and as the procession was passing a Boche prisoner acted rather disrepectful and the guard

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started to make him behave himself when the Boch picked up a pick and went for the guard. The guard shot him dead on the spot. Believe me when you are walking in a funeral procession with the band playing the funeral march and you look over and see a bunch of Germans you feel like cleaning up the bunch of them. — Sam Greenwood was killed this afternoon. I watched him fall. There was a Frenchman plowing within fifty yards of where he fell, but the damn fool kept right on plowing and never went near the wreck to see if he could do anything. Moses busted both legs in

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a smash on eighteens.

Tuesday Aug. 13 ‘18

The Boche prisoners struck today and wouldn’t work. unfortunately they are only loaned to us by the French, and so the guards couldn’t do much, but they were itching to go in and rout them out. — We were routed out of bed night before last for a fire in one of the hangars, and again last night for a fire in one of the barrackes. For some reason I couldn’t fly worth a darn tonight. Brown didn’t get sore, or anything. Just laughed at me and told me that I had better lay off today and come out tomorrow and I would probably be

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alright.

Wednesday Aug 14 ‘18.

Len Wood a Phi Kap. from Virginia vrilled in a fifteen into the ground by trying to stretch out his glide with a dead stick. The funeral is this afternoon. — I received a notice along with Grub from the office notifying us that we have lost, or rather gained five demerits and we are confined to camp for seven days, and have to sign a book in the office at 7, 8, and 9 P.M. and on Saturdays and Sundays 2 and 4 P.M. in addition. This is the result of Grub and I missing an exam on the C.C. Gear Sunday morning.

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