Kermit in Mesopotamia and France
The Major’s younger brother Kermit had, like the rest, come in from the very start, but fortune kept at least this one member of the family a little safer. He had left Plattsburg to accept a position in the British Army as early as July, 1917. In September he was made Temporary Honorary Captain. After being rewarded with the Distinguished Service Order for bravery with the British in Mesopotamia, Kermit, through the aid of Lord Derby, obtained a transfer to the American Army. In April he was appointed Captain. By June he had received the British Military Cross.