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Photographic group portrait of members of the sixth 1917 Junior Military Aviator Class, Signal Corps Air Service, standing in front of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, San Diego, California, circa 1917. Frank Wilbur Wright is on the far left. Caption:…

Round, silver identification dog tag. "Thelma Miller, Signal Corps AEF." Two chains coming off of the sides.

Certificate of Enlistment for Hamilton Coolidge, March 1, 1917. Certifies his enlistment as a Sergeant in Aviation Section of the Signal Corps.

Officers Personal Report form filled out by First Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, October 1917. Lists duties performed during the month.

Confidential Orders No. 20, U.S. Signal Corps, Aviation Section, November 22, 1917. Orders Marc Lagen to report to the Commanding Officer at the Port of Embarkation in Hoboken, New Jersey for transportation to France.

Special Order No. 54, Headquarters, Signal Corps Concentration Depot (Garden City, New York), December 1, 1917. Assigns officers to squadrons, with Wilbur D. Kennedy assigned to 12th Squadron. One typed page, three copies.

Envelope from the United States Signal Corps addressed to First Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge in Toul, France, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker with his SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft, circa 1917-1919. The hat-in-the-ring emblem of the 94th Aero Squadron is visible on the fuselage.Inscription: "29655."Stamped on verso: "No objection to reproducing or…

Booklet titled "The Men Who Made Brooks Field," published by the Maverick-Clarke Litho Company (San Antonia, Texas), circa 1918. The title page describes the booklet as "a pictorial history of America's Foremost Air Service United States Army Flying…

Photograph of two servicemen parachuting to the ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells, circa 1918. Included caption: "French Observation balloon which has been hit by German shells, coming down in flames; balloonists are…