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Photograph of Wilbur D. Kennedy in flight gear standing in a field, circa 1917. Inscription on album page: "Flying school – Dayton, Ohio. W.D.K."Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white…

Photograph of Wilbur D. Kennedy in flight gear smoking a cigarette at an airfield in Dayton, Ohio, circa 1917. Inscription on album page: "Going over. Watching Hank makes his 1st spirals."Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six…

Two vaccination registers for Wilbur D. Kennedy, circa July 1917.

Photographic postcard of a German serviceman, circa 1917. Includes a mostly illegible inscription.

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."…

Book, "Infantry drill regulations, United States Army, 1911," produced by the Government Printing Office, corrected to April 15, 1917. Stamped on inside cover: "Supply Office, 12th Aero Squadron, S. C. Headquarters, 12th Aero Squadron, S. C."

Memorandum from Headquarters Central Department, Military Training Division, April 27, 1917. Notifies applicants who have submitted Officers' Reserve Corps applications that examination procedures have changed. One typed page.

Registration certificate issued to Wilbur D. Kennedy, June 5, 1917. Certifies Kennedy's service registration in Iowa.

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, July 4, 1917. Briefly talks about the ground school Wilbur is attending at Ohio State University in Columbus (Ohio); rest is personal news. Three handwritten pages on Hotel Deshler…

Aerial photograph of trench lines in France, July 18, 1917. Several points of interest are marked and numbered.Inscription: "C.A. La Cheppe F22 508. Est Bois de la Tourterelle. 771.7. 3400M. 11H. 28-7-17."