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This is a scrapbook compiled by Lieutenant Russell DeVere Friend, who graduated from the University of Kansas in 1918 with a B.A. degree. Russell enlisted on February 26, 1918 and called to active duty April 12, 1918. He was commissioned on December 3, 1918, received his commission on December 3, 1918, and was stationed at the Massachusetts Institution of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; San Diego flying school, San Diego, California; and Pensacola, Florida where he trained as a hydroplane pilot and instructor until January 30, 1919. Friend was discharged on February 25, 1922. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, and letters. Also, the scrapbook includes information on Paul H. Friend, Russell's brother. Paul was a sergeant with Base Hospital Unit 28 and served in France during World War I.
Creator: Friend, Russell DeVere
Date: 1917-1919
Item Number: 439562
Call Number: 2017-071
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 439562
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s - 1917
Date - 1910s - 1918
Date - 1910s - 1919
Military - Equipment - Aircraft - Hydroplane
Military - Service - Navy
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Scrapbook
Places - Other States - California - San Diego
Places - Other States - Florida
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Cambridge
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Scrapbooks
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