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Identification card issued to Wilbur D. Kennedy by the American Expeditionary Forces, circa 1910s.

Pilot's card issued to Wilbur D. Kennedy by Headquarters Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces, circa 1910s. Includes a photograph of Kennedy with a mustache drawn in black ink.

Membership card issued to Wilbur D. Kennedy by the Third Army Headquarters Club, circa 1910s. Includes notes on dues paid January through April on reverse.

Photograph of servicemen standing in line outside a tent, circa 1910s-1920s.Inscription on verso: "Somme Sous."

Printed lyrics for "The Star-Spangled Banner," compliments of the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company (Plainville, Connecticut), circa 1910s-1920s.

Pocket diary belonging to Wilbur D. Kenney, 1914. Includes daily handwritten notes from January to June on Kennedy's activities while living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Activities described are primarily school, work, and social outings. Includes…

Book, "Manual of interior guard duty, U.S. Army, 1914," corrected to February 24, 1915. Includes handwritten notes made by Wilbur D. Kennedy detailing the stations he served at and dates.

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."…