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Army Fly-Over at Wausau
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An exhibition of flying by the 1st Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps. The event took place at Marathon Park because President Calvin Coolidge, who was vacationing on the Brule that summer, took a day off from his vacation to visit the annual convention of the American Legion of Wisconsin. All of the airplanes were Curtiss PIs.
August 13, 1928
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Coolidge to spend vacation in Wisconsin
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Wisconsin State Journal
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