During the Chateau-Thierry campaign, Foulois also encountered many problems with the Air Service's efforts to keep his squadrons at the front supplied with replacement airplanes and personnel.
In July 1918, as the Inspector General was investigating Mitchell's actions during the Chateau-Thierry operation, Foulois on his own initiative went to the investigators and informed them he felt that Mitchell had taken appropriate actions and he would have done the same under similar circumstances.
As historian Peter Kilduff has observed, "Numerous combat successes within a short time were key to remaining in JG 1." Richthofen amassed 80 victories before he was brought down in April 1918, but his successor, Capt Wilhelm Reinhard, continued the policy of transferring out "nonproducers." Shortly before the 1st Pursuit Group arrived in the Chateau-Thierry sector, Reinhard sent a report to his superiors indicating that the Germans had established air superiority: "Since the beginning of the planned assault the Frenchman has been very cautious, completely on the defensive, and only seldom crosses the lines.
The Chateau-Thierry campaign served as his postgraduate education in aerial warfare.
Principal battles: San Juan Hill-El Caney (near Santiago de Cuba) (1898);
Chateau-Thierry, the Marne II, Saint-Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne (1918).
Principal battles: Belleau Wood (near
Chateau-Thierry), Soissons (1918).
Principal campaigns and battles:
Chateau-Thierry, Aisne-Marne, Saint-Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne (1918).
Principal battles: Belleau Wood (near
Chateau-Thierry), Aisne-Marne, Saint-Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne (1918); Cape Gloucester (New Britain, Bismarcks) (1943-1944); Guam (1944); Okinawa (1945); Inch'on (1950).
Principal battles: Belleau Wood (near
Chateau-Thierry), Saint-Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne (1918); Guadalcanal (Solomons) (1942); Saipan, Tinian (Marianas) (1944); Iwo Jima (1945).
