After completing his second year of college, Frederic Lefebvre Yarrington enlisted as a private in 1917 in Albany, New York in the United States A.A.S.
The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U.S. War Department during World War I.
He departed the U.S. on 9 June 1917. The first units of the U.S. Army's First Division sailed from New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey, on 14 June 1917. By June 1917, about 14,000 American soldiers had arrived in France.
The A. E. F. was established on 5 July 1917, so Fred served in the American Expeditionary Force France, under the command of Major General John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, British Indian Army, New Zealand Army and Australian Army units against the Imperial German Army.
Fred was at Berry-au-Bac, Reims, Aisne Defense, Somme Offense, Meuse-Argonne.
The Battle of Chemin des Dames , also called the Second Battle of the Aisne or the "Nivelle Offensive" took place during the First World War. It began 16 April 1917 at 6 a.m. with the French attempt to break the German front between Soissons and Reims towards Laon. The battle lasted until 24 October 1917. It was in Berry-au-Bac that the first armored offensive in French military history took place. 132 Schneider CA1 tanks were brought in for the great Chemin des Dames offensive on 16 April 1917. Their use was inconclusive, because the infantry units were unable to follow their advance to gain and hold ground. The staggering causualties led to mutinies among the French troops. The morale of the French military and public was extremely low.
Fred re-enlisted on 13 September 1917 in Bouleuse, Marne, France, and was promoted to lance corporal on 19 September 1917. The A. E. F. began to participate at the front on 23 October 1917, when the 1st Division fired the first American shell of the war toward German lines, although they participated only on a small scale. The A.A.C. balloons and planes had been active before this date.
By May 1918 over one million American troops were stationed in France, with half of them on the front lines. Germany would have won World War I had the U.S. Army not intervened in France in 1918. The French and British were barely hanging on in 1918. By year-end 1917, France had lost 3 million men in the war, Britain 2 million. The French army mutiny in 1917, meant half of its demoralized combat divisions refused to attack the Germans. The British lost 800,000 casualties in 1917, including the July-November 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, where 300,000 British infantry fell to gain two miles of ground.
On 26 September 1918, following the greatest artillery bombardment in U.S. history – more shells in a few hours than had been fired in the entire American Civil War – 350,000 American soldiers advanced across no-man's-land toward the German trenches in the Meuse-Argonne. With the French and British stalled in their sectors, the Doughboys aimed to cut the German army's principal supply line on the Western Front and end World War I.
By the end of the war, the Air Service used 45 squadrons to cover 137 kilometers (85 miles) of front from Pont-à-Mousson to Sedan. 71 pursuit pilots were credited with shooting down five or more German aircraft while in American service. Overall the Air Service destroyed 756 enemy aircraft and 76 balloons in combat. 17 balloon companies also operated at the front, making 1,642 combat ascensions. 289 airplanes and 48 balloons were lost in battle.
Fred returned to the United States on 20 April 1919 and was discharged 23 April 1919 at Camp Dix.
Citation: Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (Awarded by the French Republic to individuals who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism involving combat with enemy forces. Every Croix de guerre awarded carries at least one citation for gallantry or courage to a member of any rank of the French military or of an allied army.)
Frederic Lefebvre Yarrington
Age: 27
Birth Date: about 1896
Marriage Date 20 Nov 1923 (newspaper dates 3 Dec 1923)
Marriage Place: Orange County, New York, USA
Father: Adrian Monroe Yarrington
Mother: Marie Lefebvre
Spouse: Helen Kerr Belknap
By 1930, Fred became General Manager at Glidden Buick Corporation, located at 3261 Broadway, in New York City. He continued as an automobile executive for his entire career, living with his family in New Rochelle.
The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U.S. War Department during World War I.
He departed the U.S. on 9 June 1917. The first units of the U.S. Army's First Division sailed from New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey, on 14 June 1917. By June 1917, about 14,000 American soldiers had arrived in France.
The A. E. F. was established on 5 July 1917, so Fred served in the American Expeditionary Force France, under the command of Major General John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, British Indian Army, New Zealand Army and Australian Army units against the Imperial German Army.
Fred was at Berry-au-Bac, Reims, Aisne Defense, Somme Offense, Meuse-Argonne.
The Battle of Chemin des Dames , also called the Second Battle of the Aisne or the "Nivelle Offensive" took place during the First World War. It began 16 April 1917 at 6 a.m. with the French attempt to break the German front between Soissons and Reims towards Laon. The battle lasted until 24 October 1917. It was in Berry-au-Bac that the first armored offensive in French military history took place. 132 Schneider CA1 tanks were brought in for the great Chemin des Dames offensive on 16 April 1917. Their use was inconclusive, because the infantry units were unable to follow their advance to gain and hold ground. The staggering causualties led to mutinies among the French troops. The morale of the French military and public was extremely low.
Fred re-enlisted on 13 September 1917 in Bouleuse, Marne, France, and was promoted to lance corporal on 19 September 1917. The A. E. F. began to participate at the front on 23 October 1917, when the 1st Division fired the first American shell of the war toward German lines, although they participated only on a small scale. The A.A.C. balloons and planes had been active before this date.
By May 1918 over one million American troops were stationed in France, with half of them on the front lines. Germany would have won World War I had the U.S. Army not intervened in France in 1918. The French and British were barely hanging on in 1918. By year-end 1917, France had lost 3 million men in the war, Britain 2 million. The French army mutiny in 1917, meant half of its demoralized combat divisions refused to attack the Germans. The British lost 800,000 casualties in 1917, including the July-November 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, where 300,000 British infantry fell to gain two miles of ground.
On 26 September 1918, following the greatest artillery bombardment in U.S. history – more shells in a few hours than had been fired in the entire American Civil War – 350,000 American soldiers advanced across no-man's-land toward the German trenches in the Meuse-Argonne. With the French and British stalled in their sectors, the Doughboys aimed to cut the German army's principal supply line on the Western Front and end World War I.
By the end of the war, the Air Service used 45 squadrons to cover 137 kilometers (85 miles) of front from Pont-à-Mousson to Sedan. 71 pursuit pilots were credited with shooting down five or more German aircraft while in American service. Overall the Air Service destroyed 756 enemy aircraft and 76 balloons in combat. 17 balloon companies also operated at the front, making 1,642 combat ascensions. 289 airplanes and 48 balloons were lost in battle.
Fred returned to the United States on 20 April 1919 and was discharged 23 April 1919 at Camp Dix.
Citation: Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (Awarded by the French Republic to individuals who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism involving combat with enemy forces. Every Croix de guerre awarded carries at least one citation for gallantry or courage to a member of any rank of the French military or of an allied army.)
Frederic Lefebvre Yarrington
Age: 27
Birth Date: about 1896
Marriage Date 20 Nov 1923 (newspaper dates 3 Dec 1923)
Marriage Place: Orange County, New York, USA
Father: Adrian Monroe Yarrington
Mother: Marie Lefebvre
Spouse: Helen Kerr Belknap
By 1930, Fred became General Manager at Glidden Buick Corporation, located at 3261 Broadway, in New York City. He continued as an automobile executive for his entire career, living with his family in New Rochelle.
After completing his second year of college, Frederic Lefebvre Yarrington enlisted as a private in 1917 in Albany, New York in the United States A.A.S.
The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U.S. War Department during World War I.
He departed the U.S. on 9 June 1917. The first units of the U.S. Army's First Division sailed from New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey, on 14 June 1917. By June 1917, about 14,000 American soldiers had arrived in France.
The A. E. F. was established on 5 July 1917, so Fred served in the American Expeditionary Force France, under the command of Major General John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, British Indian Army, New Zealand Army and Australian Army units against the Imperial German Army.
Fred was at Berry-au-Bac, Reims, Aisne Defense, Somme Offense, Meuse-Argonne.
The Battle of Chemin des Dames , also called the Second Battle of the Aisne or the "Nivelle Offensive" took place during the First World War. It began 16 April 1917 at 6 a.m. with the French attempt to break the German front between Soissons and Reims towards Laon. The battle lasted until 24 October 1917. It was in Berry-au-Bac that the first armored offensive in French military history took place. 132 Schneider CA1 tanks were brought in for the great Chemin des Dames offensive on 16 April 1917. Their use was inconclusive, because the infantry units were unable to follow their advance to gain and hold ground. The staggering causualties led to mutinies among the French troops. The morale of the French military and public was extremely low.
Fred re-enlisted on 13 September 1917 in Bouleuse, Marne, France, and was promoted to lance corporal on 19 September 1917. The A. E. F. began to participate at the front on 23 October 1917, when the 1st Division fired the first American shell of the war toward German lines, although they participated only on a small scale. The A.A.C. balloons and planes had been active before this date.
By May 1918 over one million American troops were stationed in France, with half of them on the front lines. Germany would have won World War I had the U.S. Army not intervened in France in 1918. The French and British were barely hanging on in 1918. By year-end 1917, France had lost 3 million men in the war, Britain 2 million. The French army mutiny in 1917, meant half of its demoralized combat divisions refused to attack the Germans. The British lost 800,000 casualties in 1917, including the July-November 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, where 300,000 British infantry fell to gain two miles of ground.
On 26 September 1918, following the greatest artillery bombardment in U.S. history – more shells in a few hours than had been fired in the entire American Civil War – 350,000 American soldiers advanced across no-man's-land toward the German trenches in the Meuse-Argonne. With the French and British stalled in their sectors, the Doughboys aimed to cut the German army's principal supply line on the Western Front and end World War I.
By the end of the war, the Air Service used 45 squadrons to cover 137 kilometers (85 miles) of front from Pont-à-Mousson to Sedan. 71 pursuit pilots were credited with shooting down five or more German aircraft while in American service. Overall the Air Service destroyed 756 enemy aircraft and 76 balloons in combat. 17 balloon companies also operated at the front, making 1,642 combat ascensions. 289 airplanes and 48 balloons were lost in battle.
Fred returned to the United States on 20 April 1919 and was discharged 23 April 1919 at Camp Dix.
Citation: Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (Awarded by the French Republic to individuals who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism involving combat with enemy forces. Every Croix de guerre awarded carries at least one citation for gallantry or courage to a member of any rank of the French military or of an allied army.)
Frederic Lefebvre Yarrington
Age: 27
Birth Date: about 1896
Marriage Date 20 Nov 1923 (newspaper dates 3 Dec 1923)
Marriage Place: Orange County, New York, USA
Father: Adrian Monroe Yarrington
Mother: Marie Lefebvre
Spouse: Helen Kerr Belknap
By 1930, Fred became General Manager at Glidden Buick Corporation, located at 3261 Broadway, in New York City. He continued as an automobile executive for his entire career, living with his family in New Rochelle.
The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U.S. War Department during World War I.
He departed the U.S. on 9 June 1917. The first units of the U.S. Army's First Division sailed from New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey, on 14 June 1917. By June 1917, about 14,000 American soldiers had arrived in France.
The A. E. F. was established on 5 July 1917, so Fred served in the American Expeditionary Force France, under the command of Major General John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, British Indian Army, New Zealand Army and Australian Army units against the Imperial German Army.
Fred was at Berry-au-Bac, Reims, Aisne Defense, Somme Offense, Meuse-Argonne.
The Battle of Chemin des Dames , also called the Second Battle of the Aisne or the "Nivelle Offensive" took place during the First World War. It began 16 April 1917 at 6 a.m. with the French attempt to break the German front between Soissons and Reims towards Laon. The battle lasted until 24 October 1917. It was in Berry-au-Bac that the first armored offensive in French military history took place. 132 Schneider CA1 tanks were brought in for the great Chemin des Dames offensive on 16 April 1917. Their use was inconclusive, because the infantry units were unable to follow their advance to gain and hold ground. The staggering causualties led to mutinies among the French troops. The morale of the French military and public was extremely low.
Fred re-enlisted on 13 September 1917 in Bouleuse, Marne, France, and was promoted to lance corporal on 19 September 1917. The A. E. F. began to participate at the front on 23 October 1917, when the 1st Division fired the first American shell of the war toward German lines, although they participated only on a small scale. The A.A.C. balloons and planes had been active before this date.
By May 1918 over one million American troops were stationed in France, with half of them on the front lines. Germany would have won World War I had the U.S. Army not intervened in France in 1918. The French and British were barely hanging on in 1918. By year-end 1917, France had lost 3 million men in the war, Britain 2 million. The French army mutiny in 1917, meant half of its demoralized combat divisions refused to attack the Germans. The British lost 800,000 casualties in 1917, including the July-November 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, where 300,000 British infantry fell to gain two miles of ground.
On 26 September 1918, following the greatest artillery bombardment in U.S. history – more shells in a few hours than had been fired in the entire American Civil War – 350,000 American soldiers advanced across no-man's-land toward the German trenches in the Meuse-Argonne. With the French and British stalled in their sectors, the Doughboys aimed to cut the German army's principal supply line on the Western Front and end World War I.
By the end of the war, the Air Service used 45 squadrons to cover 137 kilometers (85 miles) of front from Pont-à-Mousson to Sedan. 71 pursuit pilots were credited with shooting down five or more German aircraft while in American service. Overall the Air Service destroyed 756 enemy aircraft and 76 balloons in combat. 17 balloon companies also operated at the front, making 1,642 combat ascensions. 289 airplanes and 48 balloons were lost in battle.
Fred returned to the United States on 20 April 1919 and was discharged 23 April 1919 at Camp Dix.
Citation: Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (Awarded by the French Republic to individuals who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism involving combat with enemy forces. Every Croix de guerre awarded carries at least one citation for gallantry or courage to a member of any rank of the French military or of an allied army.)
Frederic Lefebvre Yarrington
Age: 27
Birth Date: about 1896
Marriage Date 20 Nov 1923 (newspaper dates 3 Dec 1923)
Marriage Place: Orange County, New York, USA
Father: Adrian Monroe Yarrington
Mother: Marie Lefebvre
Spouse: Helen Kerr Belknap
By 1930, Fred became General Manager at Glidden Buick Corporation, located at 3261 Broadway, in New York City. He continued as an automobile executive for his entire career, living with his family in New Rochelle.
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