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

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, June 15, [1918]. Notes change of location within France and that he is sending a small Croix de Guerre and ribbon that one of the mechanics made out of pieces of a Bosche shell. "The ribbon is made out of the bronze rotating band..." The medal is not included in the envelope. One folded sheet, four handwritten pages.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, November 15, 1917] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, November 15, 1917. Includes reminiscences and discusses personal matters, including sending a custom-made fraternity pin to Carmelite: "I ordered a fraternity pin of Ludy[?] and Taylor. I told them to make up a crown set whole pearl AOE pin and engrave my name and class on the back of it. I told them to send it to you." Six handwritten…

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 23, 1917] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 23, 1917. Discusses life on board ship, social and leisure activities, including a minstrel show and singing acts. Includes a sheet with lyrics to one of the songs (Canning the Kaiser) performed at show. Five handwritten pages on Young Men's Christian Association stationery, one typed page, and envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, November 23, 1917] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, November 23, 1917. Discusses personal and social news, describes going out to a show and dinner and visiting a female cousin, [first name unreadable] Holyoke. Mentions that there are thousands of soldiers on Long Island, waiting to cross the pond. Five handwritten pages on Hotel McAlpin stationery.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 13, 1917] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, December 13, 1917. Written while on-board a steamship; discusses briefly new duties as a lieutenant and describes personal and social news. Six handwritten pages with envelope.

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 11, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, March 11, 1918. Talks about receiving Christmas packages from home, including a set of Paris garters, discusses visit with Keith, advises the wearable remembrance that Carmelite sent has not yet arrived, and discusses the primary election at home and wonders if his father will win. Also notes that the men have just set their watches…

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

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, February 27, 1918. Discusses various personal and social news and mentions that he feels that [movie] producers in the States will have to exert their facilities to the utmost to produce thrills after this war. "A fellow can see enough in real life without looking at the screen." Five handwritten pages on Young Men's Christian…

[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, 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…