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[Special Orders No. 74 (extract), Headquarters Base Section No. 4, December 30, 1917]
Special Orders No. 74 (extract), Headquarters Base Section No. 4, American Expeditionary Forces, December 30, 1917. Orders the 12th Aero Squadron to proceed to St. Maixent, France. One typed page.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 29, 1917]
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 29, 1917. Advises of arrival in France, mentions getting along very nicely with the language, and brief personal regards. One handwritten page on Young Men's Christian Association…

[Telegram from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 27, 1917]
Telegram from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 27, 1917. Read: "Safe love. Wilbur." One typed page with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 23, 1917]
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 23, 1917. Discusses life on board ship, social and leisure activities, including a minstrel show and singing acts. Includes a sheet with lyrics to one of the songs (Canning the…

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 13, 1917]
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 13, 1917. Written while on-board a steamship; discusses briefly new duties as a lieutenant and describes personal and social news. Six handwritten pages with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 3, 1917]
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 3, 1917. Advises that he received orders tonight to pack up all things and be ready to go at a moment's notice. "I don't know where I am going but I am on the way." Mentions…

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 2, 1917]
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 2, 1917. Discusses assignment to 12th Aero Squadron, adjusting to life as a lieutenant, including being able to eat at the officer's mess and having sugar with every meal, and…

[Special Order No. 54, Headquarters, Signal Corps Concentration Depot, December 1, 1917]
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.

Special Orders No. 60 [Headquarters 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, December 1, 1917]
Special Orders No. 60, Headquarters 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, December 1, 1917. Gives orders to several officers at the 3d Aviation Instruction Center at Issoudun, France. Includes orders for 1st Lieutenant R. [sic] Coolidge to be detailed to…

[Special Orders No. 279 (extract), U.S. War Department, November 30, 1917]
Special Orders No. 279 (extract), U.S. War Department, November 30, 1917. Orders Wilbur D. Kennedy and others to active duty and to report to commanding officer at Garden City, New York. One typed page.
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