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[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 18, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 18, 1918. Describes making a forced landing with a dead motor near a certain unidentified city and describes the officers' club in detail, including an "honest to goodness American bar foot rail and all," lounging rooms, and an orchestra. Includes various personal and social news. Four handwritten pages with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, February 24, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, February 24, 1918. Acknowledges receipt of two letters from Carmelite, stresses his intent to get through the war and that she is his reason. Four handwritten pages on Young Men's Christian Association stationery with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 15, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 15, 1918. Acknowledges receipt of two letters, mentions doing a lot of flying and that he has to go where Keith is stationed on business, and brief personal and social news. One typed page on American Expeditionary Forces stationery with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, February 21, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, February 21, 1918. Relates a dream in which Wilbur was granted a furlough and tried to visit Carmelite only to find she had married someone else so he returned to France. Two handwritten pages with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 14, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 14, 1918. Discusses various personal and social news. Notes that he has not changed location in a long time. Four handwritten pages with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 2, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 2, 1918. Acknowledges receipt of many letters from friends and family and discusses various personal and social news. Four handwritten pages with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 6, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 6, 1918. Discusses various personal and social news. Three handwritten pages with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 27, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 27, [1918]. Describes how busy it has been: "These are days full of action...You just get to bed when a bunch of Bosche come over with the intention of blowing everything off the face of the earth. We beat it for a ditch until it is over then we go back to bed." Also describes: "I've had about everything now: shelled, bombed,…

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, July 17, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, July 17, 1918. Discusses frequent bombings of their area and writes, "I had to take one of our Lieuts over to one of the evacuation hospitals yesterday and I never had the full horror of war so forcibly brought to my attention. I've been on the front here for three months now and nothing struck me so forcibly as this trip. I can't tell…

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, August 9, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, August 9, 1918. Discusses various personal and social news, recommends finding a copy of the June 14 or July 14 "New York Times" illustrated section to see a picture of the entire squadron and advises he is third from left. Notes will be moving tomorrow if they get all the dead Bosche on our new field buried. "Been waiting on the funeral…