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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.

Special Orders No. 152 (extract), U.S. War Department, June 29, 1918. Announces Floyd W. Shepard as on duty requiring regular and frequent flight. One typed page.

Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, June 30, 1918. Discusses finances, the increase in available supplies from the quartermaster, wonders about his upcoming assignment and reminds her only to believe official news sources, mentions air raids.…

Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt's gravesite, Chamery, France, July 1918.Typed caption: "[...] (Aisne) - Tombe du Lieutenant Quentin ROOSEVELT [...] Tombe glorieusement en Combat aerien le 14 Juillet 1918."Inscription on verso: "July – 1918 - WWI -…

Photograph of two servicemen in front of a destroyed building, Château-Thierry, France, July 1918.Inscription: "Chauteau-Thierry. July-1918. 141117."Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero…

Clipping, "Mail badly tangled: Kennedy only drew a Saturday Evening Post," from an unidentified publication, circa July 1918. Reports that Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kennedy had not received any mail from their son, Wilbur, in a month and then received seven…

Photograph of Quentin Roosevelt's body lying next to the wreckage of his Nieuport 28 C1 aircraft, circa July 1918.Inscription on album page: "Roosevelt's death."Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums,…

Aerial photograph of Lahayville, France, July 1, 1918.Inscription: "U.S. 4A 88Sq. B375 S. E. of Lahayville 580-327 1/7/18 14H 3100m 52cm."

Aerial photograph of Saint Baussant, France, July 1, 1918.Inscription: "U.S. 4A 88Sq. B45 E. St Baussant 606-344 1/7/18 14H 3100m 52cm."

Aerial photograph of Flirey, France, July 1, 1918. Trenches and craters from artillery shells are visible.Inscription: "U.S. 4A 88Sq. B39 W. Flirey 601-327 1/7/18 14H 3100m 52cm."