Sky Pilots: The Yankee Division Chaplains in World War I

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments For some time now, as I researched my other books on the Yankee Division , I frequently came across references to the exploits of certain regimental chaplains. Since then, I have wanted to write about these brave men. Each time, however, I have had to put it off for one reason or another. Throughout the process of researching and writing this book, I have been aided by many others, like Brig. Gen. Leonid Kondratiuk, Director of the Massachusetts National Guard Museum and Archives in Concord, Massachusetts . Len is both knowledgeable and generous with his insights. Thanks also go to all the archivists and reference librarians, who remain a mainstay in my research. I am particularly grateful to the families of these brave men who took the time to share a part of their own family history, particularly to Harrison Ray Anderson, Jr. Lad was very enthusiastic about the project and generous with his help in locating letters and other family materials detailing his father’s service. Sadly, he died in August 2012, well before I could share with him a copy of this volume. I would be remiss if I did not single out Terry Finnegan, historian and fellow devotee of all things YD. Terry is a great source and has been most generous with his insights. The following list is long, and, hopefully, I have not left anyone out: Archives Rev. Robert Altmann, Archivist, Diocese of La Crosse, La Crosse, WI Deacon Jeffrey Burns, Archivist, Archdiocese of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Richard L. Baker, U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA Bill Conley, Archivist, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Newark, DE Eleanor Dornon, Archives Committee, Pilgrim Place, Claremont, CA Lin Fredericksen, State Archives Division, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, KS Eva Garcelon-Hart, Archivist, Stewart-Smith Research Center, Middlebury, VT xvii xviii Acknowledgments Diane Guyer, Office of the Chancellor, Diocese of Springfield, Springfield, MA Robert Johnson-Lally, Archivist, Archdiocese of Boston, Braintree, MA Brig. Gen. Leonid Kondratiuk, National Guard Museum & Archives, Concord, MA Msgr. John J. McDermott, Chancellor, Diocese of Burlington, Burlington, VT Marcia G. McManus, Director, U.S. Army Chaplain Corps Museum, Ft. Jackson, SC Deacon Timothy F. McNeil, Chancellor, Archdiocese of Omaha, Omaha, NE Maria Medina, Archivist, Archdiocese of Hartford, Hartford, CT Rev. Michael P. Morris, Archivist, and Kate Feighery, Archival Manager, Archdiocese of New York, Yonkers, NY Karen Nelson, Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD Kevin Proffitt, Senior Archivist, American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OH Sr. Lea Stephancova, Archivist, Diocese of Peoria, Peoria, IL Msgr. Barry W. Wall, Archivist, Diocese of Fall River, MA Public and University Libraries Robbin Bailey, Reference Librarian, Concord Public Library, Concord, NH Janet Cheung, Maryland Department, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Suzanne Christoff, Special Collections and Archives, United States Military Academy Susan Connor, Reference Department, Swampscott Public Library, Swampscott, MA Jane Daugherty, Local History & Genealogy Div., Mobile Public Library, Mobile, AL Kenneth R. Despertt, Reference Librarian, D.C. Public Library, Washington, D.C. Dan Haacker, Assistant Director, Milton Public Library, Milton, MA Elvernoy Johnson and Silvia Mejia, State Library of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Susan Kasten, Reference Department, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA Jim Massery, Archivist, Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke, MA Acknowledgments xix Cynthia Muszala, Library Assistant, Morristown & Morris Twp. Library, Morristown, NJ Diane Pierce-Williams, Archivist, Milton Academy, Milton, MA Paige Roberts, Archivist, Holmes Library, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA Danielle M. Rougeau, Assistant Curator, Special Collections, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Margaret Schaus, Lead Research Librarian, Haverford College, Haverford, PA Roberta Schmidlen, Librarian, St. Albans Free Library, St. Albans, VT Barbara Shatara, Librarian, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT Ellen M. Shea, Head of Research, and Lynda Leahy, Reference Librarian, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, MA Lynn Sullivan, Library Specialist, Omaha Public Library, Omaha, NE L. Thurber, Reference Librarian, Nantucket Atheneum, Nantucket, MA Ann Upton, Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA Pastors, Sextons, Church Historians Jim Allein, Archivist, Lancaster Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, NY Don Allerton and Louise Howe, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL Fred Benson, Sexton, and Sarah Twiss, Parish of the Epiphany, Winchester, MA Fr. Michael Cronogue, S.S.E., Superior General, Society of St. Edmund, Colchester, VT Dana Denault, Historian, St. Michael’s Church, Marblehead, MA Cathy Kobialka, Senior Clerk, Marblehead Cemetery Dept., Marblehead, MA Rev. Peter Plagge, Pastor, Waterbury United Church of Christ, Waterbury, VT Janice S. Randall, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA Susan Raymond, Montauk Community Church, Montauk, NY Jack Wasko...