MASTIC MAKES FRONT PAGE NEWS
JULY 4,1917
MASTIC MAKES FRONT PAGE NEWS
JULY 4,1917
SO WHAT IF IT WAS IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.....SO WHAT IF THEY GOT THE BRANCH OF THE SERVICE WRONG . THEY WERE NAVY NOT ARMY & SO WHAT IF THE REPORTER GOT ALL THEIR NAMES MIXED UP....MINOR DETAIL I KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND I CAN PICK OUT THE MAIN CHARACTER!!!
THE ONLY BAD THING FOR ME IS THAT THE PRINT IS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. I HAVE ALREADY FOUND TWO SOURCES FOR THIS PAPER PHOTO & BOTH ARE EQUALLY BAD .... BUT NOT TO WORRY
WHAT'S OF INTEREST TO ME IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FINDING THE ORIGINAL PHOTO OR COPY OF IT !!! AND I ALREADY HAVE A GOOD LEAD ON WHERE IT MAY BE . WHAT ALSO IS OF INTEREST IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL THIRD UNIT OF THE AERIAL COAST PATROL USNRFC SAT FOR A PHOTO AT THE KNAPP SEAPLANE BASE IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS MASTIC BEACH. THE TOWN DID NOT EXIST IN 1917 HENCE THE DATELINE Mastic, New York
