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Company Order No. 4, Third Balloon Squadron, U.S. Army, June 14, 1918. Confirms the six-month foreign service of three men, including Marc Lagen, and their subsequent entitlement to wear War Service Chevrons.

Confidential Orders No. 20, U.S. Signal Corps, Aviation Section, November 22, 1917. Orders Marc Lagen to report to the Commanding Officer at the Port of Embarkation in Hoboken, New Jersey for transportation to France.

Confidential Special Orders No. 115, Office of Identification and Transportation, November 26, 1917. Orders First Lieutenants of the Aviation Section, including Marc Lagen, to report to the General Superintendent, Army Transport Service for…

Photograph of a crashed observation balloon of the Sixth Balloon Company, United States Army, burning in an open field in the Meuse region of France, October 3, 1918.Included caption: "Balloon on fire after being hit by a German aviator. Sixth…

Photograph of a cross marking the gravesite of an American aviator, France, circa 1918. The cross reads: " U.S. Don-Johnston, Lieutenant Aviateur, 17/9/18."

Photograph of damaged buildings along a river, likely in France, circa 1918.

Photograph of a damaged church tower, likely in France, circa 1918.

Photograph of a dead horse, circa 1918.

Photograph of debris from an aircraft, circa 1918. Two Lewis machine guns are visible in the wreckage.

Photograph of debris from a crashed aircraft in an open field, circa 1918.