1st Yale Naval Reserve Unit organization
also: 1st Yale unit, Millionaire Squadron, naval reserve air unit
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Frederick Truby Davisonperson · 5Skull and Bonesorganization · 4Robert Lovettperson · 1White & Caseorganization · 1Artemis Lamb Gatesperson · 1Alice Truby Davisonperson · 1
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Frederick Truby Davison founded
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“The first naval air, it's called the founder of the, it's called, sorry, the name of it's the first Yale unit. And it's supposed to be a naval reserve air unit to protect the seaplanes up and down the Atlantic coast. And this guy's going ar…”
▶ The Shadow State 24 Secret Societies 8; The Wise Men @ 15:46
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▶ 15:16
The Yale class of 1918 is a fun one. We've got a gentleman, a spokesman by the name of Frederick Truby Davison. That's T-R-U-B-E-E, Davison. And we've seen Davisons throughout this series. He's one of them. He's interesting. He's an avid av…
▶ 15:46
The first naval air, it's called the founder of the, it's called, sorry, the name of it's the first Yale unit. And it's supposed to be a naval reserve air unit to protect the seaplanes up and down the Atlantic coast. And this guy's going ar…
▶ 16:13
D.C. lobbying to get recognition by the Navy. He put together 12 Yale undergraduates, and a number of them would become Bonesmen. This is 1916, before he became a Bonesman in 1918. People would call it the Millionaire Squadron because the p…
▶ 16:46
flying test to get his Navy wings, and he had a panic attack and never became a pilot. He broke his back, never saw combat at all. But he ended up receiving a Navy Cross for starting the 1st Yale unit. So there's some other guys in there. W…
▶ 17:53
Gets interesting. Some of the other people on that first Yale unit were Bonesmen. One of the names is Artemus Lamb Gates, Bonesman of 1918. He would end up being, again, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air and the Undersecretary of …
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Last guy from that list who is on this Yale University pilot team is going to be the star of the show today, a gentleman by the name of Robert A. Lovett. And I know you know and love Lovett very well. Yeah. I want to make a point here. I ne…