Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, May 20, 1918. Discusses social news, states how comfortable his after-work day is and is glad of no trench life for me. Notes that he is out of larkspur lotion for the cooties but that "the…
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, May 17, 1918. Acknowledges receipt of letters and says he “took them to Germany with me. Went over in a formation and I can say now I've been baptized with German fire. Coming home tonight…
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, May 15, 1918. Includes two newspaper clippings sent to him by his mother: one about Douglas Campbell and one, a poem, "Iowa, First in Everything" by Hattie Belle Burrell; both items have…
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, May 13, 1918. Discusses how comfortable camp life is, notes that a couple of the boys were recently honored by visiting notables and awarded the French Croix de Guerre. Two folded sheets,…
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, May 11, 1918. Describes his camp and how the Red Cross has set up a club, talks about grooming his plane and machine gun, and describes their camp as having the finest mess in the front.…
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 6, 1918. Discusses various personal and social news. Three handwritten pages with envelope.
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 21, 1918. Discusses various personal and social news. One typed page on American Expeditionary Forces stationery with envelope.
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 2, 1918. Acknowledges receipt of many letters from friends and family and discusses various personal and social news. Four handwritten pages with envelope.
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 18, 1918. Describes making a forced landing with a dead motor near a certain unidentified city and describes the officers' club in detail, including an "honest to goodness American…
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 15, 1918. Acknowledges receipt of two letters, mentions doing a lot of flying and that he has to go where Keith is stationed on business, and brief personal and social news. One typed…