[Wilbur D. Kennedy and soldier with vehicle]

Photograph of Wilbur D. Kennedy smoking a cigarette and leaning against a car in France, circa 1917-1918. Another soldier works to repair a flat tire.

Inscription on album page: "3rd puncture on way back from the front. Hobnails from men's boots caused 'em. Car is a Cadillac."

Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry training in the United States to his service in France during World War I and post-war service in Germany.

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