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Order No. 127, U.S. War Department, November 21, 1917. Assigns a number of First Lieutenants, Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps, including Marc Lagen, to active duty. Men are ordered to report for transportation to France where they will report…

Photograph of servicemen sitting on a porch, Morristown, New Jersey, July 21, 1917. The men are identified in the verso inscription as Bill Ely, W. Bartlett Bacon, G. H. Kissel, R. L. Moore, E. E. Bates, Hamilton Coolidge [bottom right], and Doug…

Memorandum receipt for items issued to Hamilton Coolidge, July 20, 1917

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…

Memorandum to Lieutenant Colonel Kilner from 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge, April 26, 1918. Advises the commanding officers to retain the services of French mechanics Garandet Marcel and Dardenne Allyre. One typed page.

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…

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…

Certificate of Commission issued to Hamilton Coolidge, September 29, 1917. Acknowledges Coolidge's receipt of a commission to be 1st Lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States.

Photograph of a military aeronautics building, circa 1910s. A sign outside of the building reads: "Building D - Air Service."Inscription: "450 A.S."

Pilot logbook belonging to Harold A. McGinnis, 1918-1920. Information includes date, type of plane, type of engine, people, and flight details, such as duration, maximum altitude, and reason for flight.Inscription on cover: "Lt. McGinnis - R.M.A. No.…