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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Friday Aug. 16 ‘18.

Today has been a hard one for loosing men. Another fellow “took off” into Smyth as he was sitting in his machine on the ground. The prop cut him to pieces. He was killed instantly. Woodward got it in a fall. Sutton was cutting up capers and dove through the smoke of an engine and hit a stone wall. Poor old Smyth chumed with Percy Brown and myself in Tours. He was very quiet, but an awfully good hearted fellow. It is hard to see him go, and especialy, through no falt of his own. He had a leg and an arm broken in a fall at Tours last winter, but he

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lost none of his nerve.

Saturday Aug 17 ‘18.

Another very good friend went this morning, L.M. Smith. Smithy and I bunked together at St. Maxient during our long stay there. He went into the ground in a nose dive at Field 5. He was considered a very good flier. — I was one of the paulbearers to Smyth’s funeral this afternoon. All four fellows were buried at the same time and with the one services. Brown sent me to the tester this evening, and I got by Dugan. I wasn’t over anxious to get by, so I guess that is why I passed. Start on “23” singles Monday morning.

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cont. in tan notebook.

Aug. 18, 1918 thro’ Sept. 3, 1918.

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