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Special Orders No. 114, Headquarters Camp Dick (Dallas, Texas), June 27, 1918. Relieves several officers at Camp Dick and orders them to proceed to Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas and report for duty to the Commanding Officer. Includes Jules Verne…

Special Orders No. 152, War Department, June 29, 1918. Instructs several officers, including 2nd Lieutenant Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde, to proceed to Brooks Field (Texas) and report for duty. One typed page.

Memorandum to Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde from Major Dean Smith, August 13, 1918. Expresses admiration for Hyde's conduct in helping extricate Lieutenant Lawton B. Evans from a wrecked airplane. A clipping related to this crash is in Folder 3. One typed…

Special Orders No. 170, Air Service Flying School (Brooks Field, Texas), August 14, 1918. Assigns several officers, including 2nd Lieutenant Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde, to duty as Instructors in the Flying Department, Brooks Field, Texas. One typed…

Memorandum to Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde from Captain A. B. Lambert, October 1, 1918. Certifies requirements related to Hyde's application to the Aviation Section, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, and instructs Hyde to report to the Army Recruiting…

Special Orders No. 221, Air Service Flying School (Brooks Field, Texas), October 4, 1918. Instructs a few officers, including 2nd Lieutenant Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde, to report for temporary duty to Dallas, Texas for the purpose of flying airplanes…

Special Orders No. 227, Air Service Flying School (Brooks Field, Texas), October 10, 1918. Assigns several officers, including 2nd Lieutenant Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde, to participate in regular and frequent aerial flights. One typed page.

Letter from Harley C. Hyde to his friend Mable, October 18, [circa 1918]. Discusses the flying experience, forced landings, service life, and school training. 12 handwritten pages.

Oblique aerial photograph of Brooks Field, Texas, November 23, 1918. Inscription on album page: "Brooks Field. San Antonio, Tex. November 23 '18. Altitude 1000 ft."Part of a photograph album from the J. V. and Harley Hyde Collection, 1918-1919. Album…

Photograph of several Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft (visible fuselage numbers 3186, 3071, 301[?]) at Brooks Field, Texas, November 29, 1918. Some of the aircraft are painted with German markings, possibly part of a show or training exercise.Inscription…