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The Men Who Made Brooks Field [Booklet]
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.
Brooks Field flyers give Waco some real thrills [Clipping]
Newspaper clipping, "Brooks Field flyers give Waco some real thrills," from the San Antonio Express, circa 1919-1920s. Reports on an airshow in Waco, Texas put on by six pilots from Brooks Field, including Jules Verne Hyde. Includes a photograph of the pilots.
Kansas Cityan tells of fall in airplane [Clipping]
Newspaper clipping, "Kansas Cityan tells of fall in airplane," from an unidentified newspaper, circa 1918-1919. Gives Lieutenant Jules Verne Hyde's first-hand account of an airplane crash at Brooks Field that resulted in the death of one of his students.
Roll of Honor, 27 Aero Squadron, France
Roll of Honor for the 27th Aero Squadron, circa 1918. Joseph Wehner is listed as missing.Inscription on verso: "[Horace?] E. [Beats?]. 27th Aero Sqdn. 1st Pursuit [Group]. A.E.F."
[Pamphlet about Joseph Wehner's military career, circa 1918-1919]
Pamphlet about Joseph Wehner's military career, circa 1918-1919. Produced to commemorate the dedication of the Lieut. Joseph F. Wehner Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Do You Remember? [Clipping about Joseph Wehner, December 11, 1966]
Newspaper clipping, "Do You Remember?", from the Boston Sunday Herald, December 11, 1966. Includes a brief article on Joseph Wehner (misspelled as "Werner" in text) and a photograph.
The Arizona Balloon Buster [Clipping, Leach Heritage of the Air, circa 1959]
Clipping, "The Arizona Balloon Buster," from Leach Heritage of the Air, circa 1959. Features an illustration of an American SPAD XIII destroying a German balloon.
[Clipping about Joseph Wehner and his status as an American flying ace, circa 1910s-1920s]
Newspaper clipping from unidentified publication, circa 1910s-1920s. Brief article about Joseph Wehner and his status as an American flying ace.Inscription: "Flying Aces."
Vanished [Poem about Joseph Wehner's aerial battles and death, circa 1910s-1920s]
Newspaper clipping, "Vanished" (poem), from an unidentified publication, circa 1910s-1920s. Poem about Joseph Wehner's aerial battles and death.
[Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, December 6, 1917]
Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, December 6, 1917. Describes travels and social interactions in French villages, discusses problem with his and many others' papers (presumably commissions and/or orders?) still not being issued. Five handwritten pages, with envelope, written on YMCA/American Expeditionary Forces stationery.