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Letter to Mrs. Mary M. Grimshaw from Second Lieutenant Alfred M. Joyce, Commanding Officer, 95th Aero Squadron, March 15, 1919. Advises that "in a few days your soldier will receive his honorable discharge and start for home" and that his travel is…

Memorandum from First Lieutenant Charles L. Gustafson, Commanding Officer, Headquarters 32nd Aero Squadron, 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, February 3, 1918. Recommends that Corporal Ray M. Grimshaw be trained as an aviator. One typed page.

Memorandum from First Lieutenant H. H. Bardwell, Shop Department, 3rd Aviation Instruction Center, February 1, 1918. Describes Corporal Ray M. Grimshaw's positive work ethic and recommends that he be transferred to Cadet status so he may train as a…

Leave pass issued to Sergeant First Class Ray M. Grimshaw, circa 1918-1919. Grants Grimshaw leave from the First Pursuit Group camp to visit the surrounding villages.

Leave pass issued to Sergeant Ray M. Grimshaw, March 22, 1919. Grants Grimshaw permission to be absent from Camp Lewis from March 22, 1919 to March 24, 1919.

Poem, "Our hitch in hell," by "a heart-broken soldier" (no name provided), circa 1914-1918. Describes military activities and the horrors of war. One typed page with torn and folded edges.

Booklet, "Popular songs of the A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Forces]," distributed by the Young Men's Christian Association, compiled by the Bureau of Libraries and Periodicals, 1918. Text on inside front cover reads: "This book is for the free use…

Booklet, "To the homeward-bound Americans," by Bessie Van Vorst, 1919. Expresses gratitude of the French and briefly recounts American arrival in France, military engagements in Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, Bouresches, and Vaux (France), the Second…

Booklet, "Victory songs," published by the National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Association, circa 1918. Most songs are only one verse long, though some include parody versions.

Photograph of servicemen with a Nieuport 28 C1 aircraft of the 95th Aero Squadron, circa 1917-1919. The squadron's "kicking mule" emblem is visible on the fuselage.