William Dugan, of Rochester, NY, served with the Legion in 1915-16 and later transferred to the French Aviation Service in June 1916 and earned his brevet the following September. He served with the Lafayette Escadrille from March 30, 1917, to Feb..... 18, 1918, when he was commissioned as first lieutenant, US Air Service. He served with the 103d Pursuit Squadron until June 1918, when he accepted assignment as officer-in-charge of repair and testing at Orly.
~~ Walt Brown, Jr., An American for Lafayette: The Diaries of E.C.C. Genet, Lafayette Escadrille. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1981), p 23.
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