From Volume 7, Part 10 Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates... (http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/cullum/VOL7_PART0010.PDF):
"7086... (Born Mo.) .. ERNEST BYRON THOMPSON ... (Ap'd Mo.) ... 127 (Born Oct. 3, 1900.) Military History:-Cadet at the Military Academy, June 13, 1919, to June 12, 1923, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to SECOND LIEUTENANT, AIR CORPS.
At Brooks Field, Tex., student officer, Air Corps Primary Flying School, Sept. 12, 1923, to Mar. 21, 1924, when he was graduated from ground school only; (TRANSFERRED TO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAY 14, 1924.) at Fort Barrancas, Fla., assigned to the 13th Coast Artillery, to Apr. 24, 1926; at Key West Barracks, Fla., with 13th Coast Artillery, Apr. 26, 1926, to FIRST LIEUTENANT, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAR. 22, 1928.
July 31, 1928; on leave of absence and en route to Honolulu, T. H., to Nov. 6, 1928; at Fort DeRussy, T. H., assigned to 16th Coast Artillery and appointed Casual Officer, Honolulu Sector and in command of Recruit Training Center, Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade, Nov. 6, 1928, to -"
"7086... (Born Mo.) .. ERNEST BYRON THOMPSON ... (Ap'd Mo.) ... 127 (Born Oct. 3, 1900.) Military History:-Cadet at the Military Academy, June 13, 1919, to June 12, 1923, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to SECOND LIEUTENANT, AIR CORPS.
At Brooks Field, Tex., student officer, Air Corps Primary Flying School, Sept. 12, 1923, to Mar. 21, 1924, when he was graduated from ground school only; (TRANSFERRED TO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAY 14, 1924.) at Fort Barrancas, Fla., assigned to the 13th Coast Artillery, to Apr. 24, 1926; at Key West Barracks, Fla., with 13th Coast Artillery, Apr. 26, 1926, to FIRST LIEUTENANT, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAR. 22, 1928.
July 31, 1928; on leave of absence and en route to Honolulu, T. H., to Nov. 6, 1928; at Fort DeRussy, T. H., assigned to 16th Coast Artillery and appointed Casual Officer, Honolulu Sector and in command of Recruit Training Center, Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade, Nov. 6, 1928, to -"
From Volume 7, Part 10 Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates... (http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/cullum/VOL7_PART0010.PDF):
"7086... (Born Mo.) .. ERNEST BYRON THOMPSON ... (Ap'd Mo.) ... 127 (Born Oct. 3, 1900.) Military History:-Cadet at the Military Academy, June 13, 1919, to June 12, 1923, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to SECOND LIEUTENANT, AIR CORPS.
At Brooks Field, Tex., student officer, Air Corps Primary Flying School, Sept. 12, 1923, to Mar. 21, 1924, when he was graduated from ground school only; (TRANSFERRED TO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAY 14, 1924.) at Fort Barrancas, Fla., assigned to the 13th Coast Artillery, to Apr. 24, 1926; at Key West Barracks, Fla., with 13th Coast Artillery, Apr. 26, 1926, to FIRST LIEUTENANT, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAR. 22, 1928.
July 31, 1928; on leave of absence and en route to Honolulu, T. H., to Nov. 6, 1928; at Fort DeRussy, T. H., assigned to 16th Coast Artillery and appointed Casual Officer, Honolulu Sector and in command of Recruit Training Center, Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade, Nov. 6, 1928, to -"
"7086... (Born Mo.) .. ERNEST BYRON THOMPSON ... (Ap'd Mo.) ... 127 (Born Oct. 3, 1900.) Military History:-Cadet at the Military Academy, June 13, 1919, to June 12, 1923, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to SECOND LIEUTENANT, AIR CORPS.
At Brooks Field, Tex., student officer, Air Corps Primary Flying School, Sept. 12, 1923, to Mar. 21, 1924, when he was graduated from ground school only; (TRANSFERRED TO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAY 14, 1924.) at Fort Barrancas, Fla., assigned to the 13th Coast Artillery, to Apr. 24, 1926; at Key West Barracks, Fla., with 13th Coast Artillery, Apr. 26, 1926, to FIRST LIEUTENANT, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, MAR. 22, 1928.
July 31, 1928; on leave of absence and en route to Honolulu, T. H., to Nov. 6, 1928; at Fort DeRussy, T. H., assigned to 16th Coast Artillery and appointed Casual Officer, Honolulu Sector and in command of Recruit Training Center, Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade, Nov. 6, 1928, to -"
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