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[Holiday greeting card from Charles W. Drew to his mother, Christmas 1917/New Year 1918]
Holiday greeting card from Charles W. Drew to his mother, Christmas 1917/New Year 1918. Features a patriotic illustration on front, printed best wishes inside.

[Identification card issued to Edward I. Sproull by American Expeditionary Forces, circa 1917-1918]
Identification card issued to Edward I. Sproull by the American Expeditionary Forces, circa 1917-1918.Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa 1916-1919.

[Identification card issued to Lieutenant Charles W. Drew by American Expeditionary Forces, circa 1917]
Identification card issued to Lieutenant Charles W. Drew by the American Expeditionary Forces, circa 1917.Note: Outside cover has adhered to a newspaper clipping and a postcard.

[Identification card issued to Wilbur D. Kennedy by American Expeditionary Forces]
Identification card issued to Wilbur D. Kennedy by the American Expeditionary Forces, circa 1910s.

[Invitation to party at Officers Club of Evacuation Hospital No. 9]
Invitation to a party at the Officers Club of Evacuation Hospital No. 9, January 1919.

[Letter from Adelbert P. Higley to Mrs. Drew, November 4, 1918]
Letter from Adelbert P. Higley to Mrs. Drew, November 4, 1918. Sends condolences regarding her son's (Charles W. Drew) injury. One typed page.

[Letter from Alice F. Lindley to Mrs. Drew, November 17, 1918]
Letter from Alice F. Lindley to Mrs. Drew, November 17, 1918. Notes that her son, Charles W. Drew, has arrived safely in Nancy, France at a YMCA hotel club for officers, and that they are taking good care of him and he is in good spirits; explains…

[Letter from Captain Charles J. Biddle, American Expeditionary Forces, to Mrs. Drew, October 2, 1918]
Letter from Captain Charles J. Biddle, American Expeditionary Forces, to Mrs. Drew, October 2, 1918. Describes the circumstances under which her son was shot down and his belief that he is likely alive and taken prisoner, forwards his recommendation…

[Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, April 24, 1918]
Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, April 24, 1918. Describes flight training maneuvers, discusses having picked up smoking, the costliness and rarity of candy, and asks after friends and family. Two folded sheets, eight handwritten pages,…

[Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, August 13, 1918]
Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, August 13, [1918]. Details his experience of an air raid, encloses a piece of German bomb shrapnel, and discusses missing and delayed mail. Six handwritten pages and shrapnel wrapped in paper.
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