News:
Now in the library; "Genealogy of the Cooke and Cook family". New under the Moments in Time section: my "I Love Me Wall". (purely self-indulgent, I know.)
honoring our relatives that have served this country. This list is "in progress" and by no means comlete. If you feel we've overlooked someone please contact us using the "Suggest" tab on the top of their page.
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In 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He was captured in 1864. He was part of a prisoner exchange but was very ill and he died while on board a ship that was transporting him to Fort Monroe.
Enlisted in the 113th IL Vol. Infantry on 14 Aug 1862 in Chebanse, Iroquois Co., IL. He mustered in with Co. H on 01 Oct 1862 and served in that Company throughout the war. He mustered out on 20 Jun 1865.
He was a Lieutenant at the Lexington Alarm and later served as captain commanding a company when the British evacuated Boston. He took part in the Boston Tea Party.
He was wounded during a German bombing raid in Norway. As a fighter pilot he was credited with two downed aircraft.
He was shot down over France on July 31, 1941. He was captured and held in a POW camp. On June 22, 1942 he escaped. With the aid of the French Resistance he reached safety in Gibraltar.
About April 1, 1918, he was ordered to the Wilbur Wright Aviation Field, Dayton, Ohio. He was assigned to the experimental work on mechanical gears for synchronizing the machine gun firing so that the shots would always pass between the propeller blades of the firing airplane. All the ground tests had been completed under his supervision. On June 19, 1918, Lieutenant Swan took to the air to make the first firing tests under actual flying conditions. These tests were successfully completed. At an altitude of 10,000 feet, Lieutenant Frank Paterson, of Dayton, Ohio, an experienced officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who was acting as pilot, sent the machine into a nose dive. When he attempted to bring the airplane to a normal flying position, some part failed, the wings of the aircraft collapsed. Lieutenants Paterson and Swan were dead at the scene of the accident when the rescuers responded.
Student's Army Training Ft. Sheridan, Lake, Illinois. Honorably discharged as a Private 15 Sep 1918. Commissioned active duty Second Lieutenant Infantry 19 Aug 1918.
