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^[[TD Milling
Biog
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FACTS for "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN AERONAUTICS"
Compiled by "AVIATION AND AIRCRAFT JOURNAL"

To be published weekly and later in book form.

Name(in full): Thomas DeWitt Milling.
Date of birth: July 31, 1887. Place of Birth: Winnfield, La.
Parents' names: Mother: Ida Roberts. Father: Robert E. Milling.
Date of marriage: - - - - wife's maiden name: - - -
Education: Public Schools: Franklin, La.
College: United States Military Academy.
Degrees: - - - -

General Business and Professional History: United States Army Officer. 
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, June, 1905 to June, 1909.
2nd Lieutenant, 15th Cavalry, September, 1909 to April, 1911.
On duty with Aviation Section, Signal Corps, as 1st Lieutenant, Captain and Major, to August, 1917.
Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, Air Service, to April, 1920.
Captain and Major, Air Service, to date.

[[underlined]]Aeronautical Activities, including flying experience, in chronological order[[/underlined]]: On continuous aeronautical duty since April, 1911.

Received instruction in flying at Wright School, Dayton Ohio, 1911.

Assisted in extablishing [[establishing]] First Army Aviation School, College Park, Md., 1911.

Instructor in flying, 1911, 1912, and 1913.

Entered International Aviation Meets, Boston and New York, 1911, broke world's endurance record, carrying two passengers; also won Tri-State Race, one of the longest cross-country events at that time.

Successfully conducted tests in the observation of artillery fire from aeroplane, using both radio and dropped messages, at Fort Riley, Kansas, 1912.

Served with the First Aviation Detachment, stationed at Texas City, Texas, for expected service in Mexico, 1913.

Established a new American Air Service distance and endurance record, with passenger, by making a non-stop flight to San Antonio, Texas, distance 220 miles. Return flight made in same manner, 1913.

Officer in Charge of Flying Training, Army Aviation School, San  Diego, California, 1913.