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Lucien H. Thayer ; edited by Donald Joseph McGee and Robert James Bender, America's first eagles : the official history of the U.S. Air Service, A.E. F., 1917-1918 San Jose, California : R. James Bender Pub. ; Champlin Fighter Museum Press, c1983 FS Library 973 M2taf
Air University (United States). Aerospace Studies Institute. Historical Research Division, U.S. Air Service victory credits; World War I Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University, 1969 FamilySearch Digital Library
James J. Sloan, Jr., Wings of honor : American airmen in World War I : a compilation of all United States, pilots, observers, gunners and mechanics who flew against the enemy in the War of 1914-1918 Atglen, Pennsylvania : Schiffer Publishing, c1994 FS Library 973 M2swh
Norman L.R. Franks & Frank W. Bailey, Over the front : a complete record of the Fighter Aces and units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918 London, England : Grub Street, c1992 FS Library 973 M2frw
Percival Gray Hart ; with illustrations by Edward M. Urband, History of the 135th Aero Squadron : from July 25 to November 11, 1918Nashville, Tennessee : The Battery Press, 199-? FamilySearch Digital Library

Army Air Force

Air Force Association 50th anniversary directory of members (AFA) : 1946 - 1996 for 50 years ...the force behind the forceWhite Plains, New York : Bernard C. Harris Pub. Co., 1997 FS Library 973.M2afa
Marcelle Size Knaack, Post World War II Fighters 1945-1973 Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force 1986 FamilySearch Digital Library
Air Force register Washington, D.C. : U.S. Air Force, 1949-
Flint O. Dupre, U. S. Air Force biographical dictionary New York, New York : F. Watts, 1965 FS Library973 D3d
The Society of Strategic Air Command, America's shield : the story of the Strategic Air Command and its people Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Pub. Co., c1997, 2001 FS Library 973 M2as

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