First Lieutenant <b>Harold Cohen</b>, A.S.A., U.SA., 85th Aero Squadron, Fourth Observation Group. Son of Adolph and Rachel Cohen; was born at Pawtucket, R.I., Sept. 12, 1891. He was educated at Phillips Andover Academy; Sheffield Scientific School, Yale; and at the Mass. Institute of Technology. He enlisted at Boston, Mass., on June 15, 1917; and attended the Ground School, M.I.T., from June to Aug., 1917, when he was sent to the Flying School at Belleville, 111., in the first Squadron there trained. He was commissioned 1st Lieut., Dec. 12, 1917, and sailed overseas, to France. He trained at Issoudun from Feb. to July; was attached to the 85th Aero Squadron at St.-Jean-des-Monts, Hill 402, in Sept. and Oct., 1918; at Toul Aerodrome from Oct., 1918, to Jan., 1919. On Sept. 15, 1918, he made his first flight alone. He was honorably discharged at Garden City, N.Y., on Feb. 21, 1919. Lieut. Cohen was the originator of the "Soldiers and Sailors Day" idea, which was carried out on July 4, 1918. On the stated day every one in Rhode Island was, at the request of the Governor, expected to write to friends in service overseas. Brother in Service — Dr. <b>Bernhard Cohen</b>, Lieut, (j.g.), U.S. Navy.<br><p><b>Identifier</b>: NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=default&amp;fulltext=Search&amp;search=insource%3A%2FNewEnglandaviatVol2Tick%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Title</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidNewEnglandaviatVol2Tick">New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records</a><br><b>Year</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1919">1919</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1910">1910s</a>)<br><b>Authors</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorTicknor__Caroline__1866_1937__ed">Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed</a><br><b>Subjects</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectBiography">Biography</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectAeronautics">Aeronautics</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectWorld_War__1914_1918">World War, 1914-1918</a><br><b>Publisher</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherBoston__New_York__Houghton_Mifflin_Company">Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company</a><br><b>Contributing Library</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorSmithsonian_Libraries">Smithsonian Libraries</a><br><b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorSmithsonian_Libraries">Smithsonian Libraries</a><br><br><b>View Book Page</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick/NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick#page/n234/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidNewEnglandaviatVol2Tick">All Images From Book</a><br>
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