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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. 21, Headquarters 3rd Aviation Instruction Department, November 3, 1917. Gives several orders to men in the 3rd Aviation Instruction Department, including assigning 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge as the commanding officer of the…

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to "Dearest Girl," January 6, 1917 [possibly misdated and should be 1918]. Starts off with a Rudyard Kipling quote: "Just a line to you dear / When the lights are low. / Just a dream of you dear / For the even's glow."…

Autobiography titled "First Air War," detailing Charles W. Drew's service in World War I, with added note at end from (possibly daughter?) Muriel Drew, undated. Eighteen typed pages.

Telegram to commanding officer, November 30, 1917. Orders Wilbur D. Kennedy and others to active service with the Signal Reserve Corps, Aviation Section.

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

Telegram from Charles W. Drew to his mother, November 22, 1917. Notification of his arrival in Europe.

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.

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.

Special Orders No. 18 (extract), Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, January 18, 1918. Assigns Wilbur D. Kennedy and others to duty with the Chief of Air Service. One typed page.