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University of Illinois Big Factor in Victory
The University of Illinois mobilizes for war in 1917, establishing a military aeronautics school in the Armory and leasing the Y M C A building as barracks. It trains 220 men, plans to expand to 400 600, and develops notes and staff for aviation instruction while aiding the war effort with chemistry supplies and Red Cross courses.
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University of Illinois
Middle West
University Bureau of Information
School of Aeronautics
War Department
Regular Army
Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps
Washington
University
School of Military Aeronautics
Board of
G. W. Krapf
Aviation Service
United States
Rantoul
Fort Wood
N. Y
Aeronautic School
Intercollegiate
H. W. Miller
College of Engineering
James
Census Bureau
Allentown
France
Ordnance Department
Red Cross
Roger Adams
Division of Organic Chemistry
Bureau of Chemistry
Illinois
Ordnance and Quartermaster’s Reserve Corps
National Guard
Navy
Mechanical Engineering