Original WWI U.S. Army Air Service Named Officer's Trunk - Lt. McSherry Lupton U.S. Documents & Books 10–11 March

10–11 March

These shovels are German (possibly Austrian/Swiss) manufacture and all bear World War Two markings

though they have oxidized a bit

which has oxidized slightly

During a bombing run

Original WWI U.S. Army Air Service Named Officer's Trunk - Lt. McSherry Lupton U.S. Documents & Books 10–11 MarchOriginal Items: Only One Grouping Available. The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U. S. War Department during World War I by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation Section, Signal Corps as the