1st Aero Squadron
and the
Mexican Punitive Expedition
of 1916

2003

published by
Seven Suns Distribution
making rare out of print books "accessible and affordable"for you!

Pershings forces crossed into Mexico on March 15, 1916, and for the next month, several carefully coordinated cavalry columns pressed southward through the state of Chihuahua in an effort to locate Villa, while trying to avoid confrontations with troops loyal to the Mexican government, who were unhelpful at best and often downright unfriendly. Behind the cavalry, the expedition was supported along a lengthening line of communications extending from Columbus through bases at Colonia Dubl, Namiquipa, Bach, San Antonio de los Arenales, and Satev, the last over three hundred miles from the United States. The hard-riding cavalry ultimately reached Parral, another seventy miles south of Satev, where a fight with Mexican government forces on April 15 marked the southern terminus of the American advance. Subsequently, at the limit of his logistic capability and concerned about threats to his extended line of communications, Pershing assumed a defensive posture. He organized the area controlled by the Punitive Expedition into districts, each patrolled by a cavalry regiment that harried guerrillas and kept an eye on government forces. Pershing maintained this position until the Punitive Expedition withdrew from Mexico early in 1917.

The 1st Aero Squadron played a significant role in the Punitive Expedition, which is described in detail in this ebook.

64 pages. This volume is offered as a digital reprint of the original typed reports, in order to make it "accessible and affordable" to you. This text has been digitized so that it is quickly accessible via download. World War Two, Military, Navy, Naval Records, Sub Battles.

64 pages in electronic format. Winning bidder to receive a CD ebook in PDF Format.