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MILLING, THOMAS DEWITT, Brigadier General U.S. Army, Retired.  Res. 818 Pearl St., Denver.

B. Winfield, La., July 31, 1887.  P. Robert Edward and Ida (Roberts) Milling.  Educ.  B.S., U.S. Mil. Acad. 1909.  M. Margaret Gray of Denver, Aug. 24, 1935.  Pilot record: Learned to fly Wright Bros. Flying Sch., Dayton, O., 1911; Aero Club of America pilot Cert. No. 30; logged hrs. 3,000; winner Tri-State Biplane Race, Boston, 1911; est. world's endurance record, L.I., N.Y., 1911; entrant in Internat. Air Races, Boston, Mass. and L.I., N.Y., 1911; first mil. aviator U.S. Army 1912; est. Amer. cross-country and endurance record, Texas City, 1913.  Military record: 2nd Lt. U.S. Cav., 1909-16, Lt. 1916, Capt. 1916-17, Lt. Col. 1917, Col. 1918-20, Maj. 1920-33, Aviation Sect. U.S. Army Sig. Corps; retired 1933; Brig. Gen. (retired) 1940; asstd. in organization of U.S. Army Aviation Schs., College Park, Md. and Augusta, Ga., 1911-13; conducted aerial machine gun fire and bomb dropping tests, College Park, Md. and artillery fire observation tests, Fort Riley, Kan., 1912; active duty with foreign aviation schs. England, France, Germany and Austria, 1913-14; pilot First Aero Squadron, Galveston and San Antonio, Tex.; Fort Sill, Okla., 1914-15; Comdr. Aviation Detachment, Brownsville, Tex., 1915; dir. flight training, War Dept., Washington, D.C., 1916-17; org. and supervised Res. Army Aviators Flying Schs. 1916; Chief of Air Service Training and mem. of Gen. Staff Training Sect., A.E.F., 1917-18; Comdr. Air Service Units, Toul Sector, France, 1918; Chief of Staff Air Service, First Army, A.E.F., 1918-19; asst. to Chief of Air Service Training and Operations, War Dept. 1919-20; grad. Air Corps Tactical Sch., Langley Field, Va., 1921; dir. Field Offrs. Training Sch.,

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