"Under the Influence" and "Acting with Prejudice": Allegations Against Maj. Lewis H. Brereton at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1929-1930

[...] his extensive practical experience commanding an observation squadron and wing during World War I and the two combat groups in peacetime proved a definite advantage. According to the colonel: [Johnson] placed his hand over his breast pocket and said ? have sufficient evidence here to have Major Brereton kicked out of the army but I would like to see him transferred instead of having this matter aired.\n Beyond the immediate environment at Fort Sill, the charges brought against Brereton had a wider impact, becoming the subject of rumor and innuendo in the U.S. Army Air Corps.