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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. Produced to commemorate the dedication of the Lieut. Joseph F. Wehner Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
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.
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.
Newspaper clipping from unidentified publication, circa 1910s-1920s. Brief article about Joseph Wehner and his status as an American flying ace.Inscription: "Flying Aces."
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. 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.
Holiday greeting card from Charles W. Drew to his mother, Christmas 1917/New Year 1918. Features a patriotic illustration on front, printed best wishes inside.
Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, circa 1917-1918. Discusses his desire to ask Bessie to marry him. One handwritten page.
Letter from Charles W. Drew to his mother, September 30, 1918. Reports that he is in a German hospital after being shot down near Metz (part of Germany during the war, now France), has had his right arm amputated due to injury, and will likely be exchanged as a prisoner and sent home; describes his allowances while in custody and that he has notified the Red Cross. One folded sheet, four…