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[Letter from First Lieutenant John J. Seerley to Lowell V. Baldwin, November 29, 1918] (Item)

Letter from First Lieutenant John J. Seerley, U.S. Army Air Service, to Lowell V. Baldwin, November 29, 1918. Explains circumstances of Charles W. Drew's injury and impending return to the States, commends Drew on his service and reassures Baldwin that Drew will not be significantly impeded by his handicap. One typed page.

[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…

[Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, July 23, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, July 23, 1918. Writes "we have had a strenuous time the last few days but not nearly as strenuous as the Bosche. I saw a bunch of wounded Bosche yesterday, all shot in the back, so you see which direction they were going." Notes the Germans will soon be over the Rhine and that he is currently "as close to Paris as I was to Nancy." One…

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

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, July 11, 1918. Includes a clipping taken from the "Paris Herald" about two men from his squadron, Benjamin P. Harwood and Fred L. Luhr, who narrowly escaped a German attack; the clipping has been removed from the envelope and placed in another folder. Briefly discusses social and personal news. One folded sheet, four handwritten pages.

[Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, May 18, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, May 18, 1918. Mentions he is on vacation leave and describes leisure activities, describes his group's special recommendation for service made by a commander due to their record-breaking high marks in Aerial Gunnery course, and other personal news. Eight handwritten pages, with envelope.

[Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, May 24, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, May 24, 1918. Attempts to reassure her about his health, discusses his group's recommendation for duty but lack of planes for use, and mentions inability to take photos and his small profit on the photo for which he had previously obtained a copyright. Four handwritten pages, with envelope.

[Partial letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, March 29, 1918] (Item)

Partial letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, March 29, 1918. Describes status as invalid due to illness and an injury, discusses news coverage of the war in the states versus over here, and notes he has a plane of his own now. Four handwritten pages, with envelope.

[Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, March 6, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, March 6, 1918. Describes trip to Paris, France and museum visit in detail, mentions having lost a few friends, and discusses pay. Six handwritten pages, with envelope, written on American Expeditionary Forces stationery.

[Letter from Alice F. Lindley to Mrs. Drew, November 17, 1918] (Item)

Letter from Alice F. Lindley to Mrs. Drew, November 17, 1918. Notes that her son, Charles W. Drew, has arrived safely in Nancy, France at a YMCA hotel club for officers, and that they are taking good care of him and he is in good spirits; explains that he will be sent to a hospital the following morning. Two folded sheets, six handwritten pages, with envelope, written on American Expeditionary…