Cover letter and Special Orders No. 183, Office of the Aviation Officer, Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, December 10, 1917. Orders several men to begin frequent and regular flying missions. 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge is ordered to…
Newspaper clipping, "Coolidge of Boston new aviator ace," from unidentified publication, circa 1918. Commemorates Lieutenant Coolidge achieving Ace status. Also mentions Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank Luke, and J. C. Vascoucelles.
Letter to Commanding Officer, 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, from 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, March 28, 1918. Letter was written in an effort to retain Corporal Louis Dardenne, a French mechanic working at the Instruction Center. One typed…