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VERNON L. BURGE
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1. Today, I’m going to inform you about Vernon L. Burge, who was the first enlisted pilot. I’m going to tell you the process he went through to become the first enlisted pilot. We will look at his enlistment into the U.S. Army Signal Corps and when he officially began his flying career. The process that lead to Corporal Burge becoming the first enlisted pilot, first started with him enlisting into the Army.
2. On 16 April 1907, at the age of 18, Vernon L. Burge enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps (1:1). After completing recruit training, Private Burge was given the opportunity to join the newly established Aeronautical Division of the Army that specialized in balloon handling. He volunteered to work in the balloon division along
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