And it looked as if the organization was about to score a major victory, too.
Some question whether the Government can score a military victory, even if that is the goal.
Otherwise the Americans would have scored a victory far more important than the military one.
He went on to score 29 victories as leader of 8.
On 24 May he scored three victories in an hour.
He scored his final victory with them, on 17 September 1916.
He scored his first victory with them on 23 August 1917.
He scored his 35th and final victory on 4 November 1918.
Yet even as they scored a victory, time was passing them by.
He would continue to score victories almost until war's end, his last one coming on 28 October 1918.