In Navy Flying Squad
Utica Saturday Globe, January 1918
left to right: Albert Schraft, Emil Kern
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Two former railroad employees at the N.Y.O. & W. Norwich shops who enlisted have become members of the United States Navy Flying Squad and at present are stationed at Pensacola, Florida. They have many friends among their former shopmates, who are pleased to learn that they are pleasantly situated and both striving their very prettiest to make good. Both are very enthusiastic over the work and their prospects of seeing real active service.
One of the young men, Albert Schraft, is a son of Fred Schraft, and enlisted as storekeeper, a position he filled while with the railroad company. The other, Emil Kern, is a son of William F. Kern. He enlisted as a landsman machinist's mate. Both men write home glowing letters detailing their varied experiences.
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