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[Servicemen with aerial cameras]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Army servicemen with aerial cameras, likely students at the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, New York, circa 1916-1918. Camera models include two French De Ram semi-automatic cameras (center front), a French Grand Champ 26cm handheld camera (second from right), a French De Maria Lapierre 26cm handheld camera (third from right), a German 26cm…
[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, September 30, 1917]
Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, September 30, 1917. Acknowledges receipt of handmade sweater, describes leisure activities of self and squadron members on a Sunday (gambling, reading, relaxing), mentions feeling lonesome and having the army blues, and various personal and social news. Eleven handwritten pages on Young Men's Christian Association stationery with…
[Serviceman holding up Republic of China flag while crowd celebrates surrender of Japan]
Photograph of a U.S. Army serviceman holding up a Republic of China flag while a crowd celebrates the surrender of Japan, Chongqing, China, circa 1945.Typed on verso: "Chungking residents fill the streets of the wartime capital of China to express their pleasure on hearing the news of the Japanese surrender offer. This United States Army captain is greeted with shouts of joy from the crowd as he…