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Photograph of servicemen Jules Verne Hyde (left) and Dan Mitchel (right) with Mrs. Carbaugh outside her boardinghouse, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Verne, Mrs. Carbaugh and Dan Mitchel who went with Verne last fall."
Special Orders No. 147, Headquarters Love Field (Texas), June 2, 1918. Discharges several Privates 1st Class from Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps to accept commission as 2nd Lieutenants, including Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde. One typed page.
Memorandum to Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde from Major Dean Smith, August 13, 1918. Expresses admiration for Hyde's conduct in helping extricate Lieutenant Lawton B. Evans from a wrecked airplane. A clipping related to this crash is in Folder 3. One typed page.
Booklet titled "The Men Who Made Brooks Field," published by the Maverick-Clarke Litho Company (San Antonia, Texas), circa 1918. The title page describes the booklet as "a pictorial history of America's Foremost Air Service United States Army Flying School." Lieutenant Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde is mentioned in a section called the "Log" of Brooks Field. 72 pages.
Special Orders No. 114 [Relieves officers at Camp Dick and orders them to proceed to Brooks Field]
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Special Orders No. 114, Headquarters Camp Dick (Dallas, Texas), June 27, 1918. Relieves several officers at Camp Dick and orders them to proceed to Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas and report for duty to the Commanding Officer. Includes Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde. One typed page.
Special Orders No. 227 [Assigns officers to participate in regular and frequent aerial flights]
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Special Orders No. 227, Air Service Flying School (Brooks Field, Texas), October 10, 1918. Assigns several officers, including 2nd Lieutenant Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde, to participate in regular and frequent aerial flights. One typed page.
Statement of the causes which led to the accident which caused the death of Lieutenant L. B. Evans
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Military report by Jules Verne (J. V.) Hyde titled "Statement of the causes which led to the accident which caused the death of Lieutenant L. B. Evans," circa 1918-1919. Describes the events which led to an airplane crash. One typed page.
Letter from Herman Butler to his aunt and uncle, Lela and Curtis Butler, May 10, 1917. Acknowledges receipt of cookies, describes movement of men to East Coast, wonders if people are acting patriotic, says, "why join Army if you don't fight." One folded sheet, three handwritten pages, with envelope addressed to Mrs. C. N. Butler in Burlington, Washington.
[Letter from Herman Butler to his aunt and uncle, Lela and Curtis Butler, September 28, 1917]
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Letter from Herman Butler to his aunt and uncle, Lela and Curtis Butler, September 28, 1917. Explains that he and other men have been transferred out of 14th and 18th Aero Squadrons into the 135th Squadron under Major Lyons and will be relocating shortly. Three handwritten pages, with envelope addressed to Mrs. C. N. Butler in Burlington, Washington.
Letter from Herman Butler to his aunt and uncle, Lela and Curtis Butler, July 8, 1917. Describes daily activities and his motor class, speculates that men who have not already joined up will be sorry when the draft happens. One folded sheet, three handwritten pages, with envelope addressed to Mrs. C. N. Butler in Burlington, Washington.