1920s Book: Army: Crimes at Kelly Field in Texas

 -- No Secret Reserve Price --

________________

Title: Our Buddie

Bill Cunningham Investigates Army Crimes in Texas in the 1920s

And is Railroaded to an Insane Asylum to Silence Him.

Published in the 1920s

Booklet Published by his Friends to Petition the U. S. President for his Release.

Size: 5.50 x 4.25 inches

32 Pages

Above:  In the Original Cover

____________________________________________

Above:  The Back Cover

__________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Above:  Includes Many Illustrations by Dan Napoli

_______________

_______________________________________________

___________

An Expose of: "Tyranny in the War Department and in the Army to choke off exposure of corruption and graft among higher-ups."

___________________________

Cunningham's Army Service in World War I:

This rare publication was published to create public awareness of the case of Sargeant William Cunningham, an American Army hero in World War I who exposed corruption in the War Department and was then sent to an insane asylum to prevent his information from being made public.

Cunningham had enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1916.  He served in England and France in World War I.  Throught his association with Franklin K. Lane was admitted to the Signal Corps Aviation Section.  He took part in the Second Battle of the Marne. He was wounded four times in France and was gassed. He received an award from French General Petain, and received the Croix de Guerre.

Cunningham's Expose of Crimes at Kelly Field, Texas:

This booklet presents full details about the case of Sgt. William Cunningham.

In 1920 he was selected to accompany Captain Field E. Kindley from Mitchel Field in Long Island, to go to Kelly Field, Texas, to investigate alleged corruption probed by the War Department.  They were ordered to Texas by Col. Archie Miller the commandant at Mitchel Field.

Their investigation uncovered someone was stealing three million dollars of Air Service property, including stolen airplanes and motors that were sold to the government of Mexico, plus the theft of cars, airplanes, lumber, tools, etc.

Cunningham made charges of graft and theft against army officers including a colonel and a major-general. Shortly after this accusal, one of the investigators, Captain Field Kindley, died in a suspicious accident while piloting his airplane at that field.

Cunningham was then accused of stealing a car, in a trumped-up charge to discredit him.  He was arrested by the police of Fort Sam Houston and was sent to Fort Leavenworth federal prison, despite the efforts of his Texas attorney Diedrich A. Meyer.

Cunningham was driven mad at  Leavenworth Prison, and was then taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane, in Washington D. C.  He was "broken on the wheel of Army red tape."

Samuel Untermyer and VFW representatives then wanted an investigation.

Also included in the book is information in support of Cunningham by George Reaney, commander of the Raymond A. McIver post of the VFW in Brooklyn.

Condition:  Very Nice Condition.    No library or institution markings.  Pages and cover are securely attached.  Pages are clean.  The front cover has some minor discoloration.

---- -- Propay

Free Mailing.  Priority Mail and Air Mail.

I Will Mail to Any Country.  Free mailing.

Prompt Shipping--I Mail the Day After I Receive Payment.

Shipping by Post Office, Unless Other Shipping Requested.

Pennsylvania Buyers add 6 % Sales Tax, or Send Tax Number.

Offered by:  Lee Jay Stoltzfus - Your Family Heirlooms

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. U.S.A.

27 Lititz Run Road.   Lititz, PA 17543

Telephone: (717) 371-7320

Send e-mail to me here, if you have questions.

Satisfaction guaranteed, or you are welcome to return purchase.