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Show ("opy for This I viMrinuTt Suppli'1'! i t!i.- A nii'i-cn n 1 .fvun N.mv.- I KOSCIUSKO POST, THE STRAN GEST AMD MOST ADVENTUROUS s X XX' - , 1 ... 1 5 u - -l XX ' - n f V J w X? N " X - ' "V - J. -vKx i.l xOxx xxxN " -x xJi, $ xxN '"W'Sx x V xxS v x A xx i , x S N -VXXXT X-XX-.x X (- J xxwx xxxxx xc.xxxa.xxxxxxxx.xx, .jx- vxuatta::iw : :xx : vXSxJ.xxV:Aoa2f .wht-x .KrtiW flaj Hens are the charter members of Kosciusko post in their dining car. Left to right: Edward Corsi, G. M. Crawford, K. O. Shrewsbury, Pan Spad, Carl-Clark, A. H. Kelly, M. C. Cooper, Edwin Noble. Born in a bQX-cnr on the way to the I hiutlefields' of Polnnd hist fall, and j ivith its membership today sadly le-I le-I pleted by casualties. Kosciusko post I of the American Legion, formed out of the American aviators who eom-! eom-! pose the fcimous Kosciusko squadron, is regarded as the strangest and most adventurous of the 9,000 .units of the ! veterans' organization. In the fighting about Warsaw when , the fate, of the Polish capital hung In j juubtthe Legionnaires of t lie Kosci-I Kosci-I usko squadron were battling night and : day against the advancing waves of the holsheviki. When the tide of bat-; bat-; tie turned and the reds retreated the : machine gun tire from the planes of i the Americans went far to turn their i retreat into a rout, j The men of Kosciusko post are hardened veterans. A year ago they signed up for service with the Polish army after they had flown battle planes in many engagements against the- Germans in the World war. Sent out on active service shortly after their squadron was formed these adventurers ad-venturers fought on every front iu Poland and many times were cited for their daring in action. The charter members of Kosciusko post were: Capt. Merian C. Cooper of Jacksonville. Kin., who has been reported re-ported missing; Capt. A. H. Kelly, Richmond. 'a. ; Capt. Edward Korsl, Brooklyn; Lieut. G. M. Crawford, Wilmington, Wil-mington, Del.; Lieut. Kenneth O. Shrewsbury, Charleston, W. Va. ; Lieut. Carl Clark. Tulsa, OkLa. ; Lieut. Kdwin Noble, Boston. Mass.; Lieut. E. W. Chess, El Paso, Tex., and Lieut. E. P. Graves. Boston, Mass., who has been killed. The squadron was formed under the command of Maj. C. E. Fauntloroy of Chicago. Joe Stehlin of Sheepshead Bay, L. I., who served two years with the French aviation service and won many decorations, joined the Kosciusko squadron as a captain after the post had been organized. "Tell 'em, if folks ever get discontented discon-tented with things back home, they ought to have a looj; at central Europe," Eu-rope," was the message that came from Captain Cooper when the posl was formed, "ami then thank God for America and put their hacks into the fight to keep America sane." |