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[Photograph of Phil Blanchard at Camp MacArthur]
Photograph of Phil Blanchard wearing a military uniform and hat and standing in an open field. The photo was taken at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas.
Date:
December 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Soldier on Cot]
Photograph of soldiers reclining and sitting on cots at Camp MacArthur, with rows of tents in the background.
Date:
December 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 13, 1917]
Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning a recent crash he had while flying. Most of the letter is a summary of the incident but the end of the letter he says that he hopes to finish his thirty flight hours by Christmas.
Date:
December 13, 1917
Creator:
Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 22, 1917]
Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family wishing them a merry Christmas and the possibility that he will be home by next Christmas. At the end he talks about the costs of living in England at the time.
Date:
December 22, 1917
Creator:
Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Brother Ashton, December 22, 1917]
Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his brother Ashton concerning the death of one of his friends due to a flying accident. Clay goes on to speak about how he had been flying the same plane before his friend went up and had the accident; according to Clay he neglected to tell this to his parents.
Date:
December 22, 1917
Creator:
Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family Back Home]
Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home on the day after Christmas possibly in 1917. Clay speaks about his flight training and his desire to become a scout; he spent Christmas there but received a turkey dinner from Mrs. Henson. At the end he talks about the clock he is making out of a damaged propeller.
Date:
1917-12-26?
Creator:
Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 31, 1917]
Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent completion of hours on a Curtis plane. There is also a good chance that he will be commissioned soon; he hopes to get a few days leave to go see Ruth Coleman in Birmingham.
Date:
December 31, 1917
Creator:
Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 9, 1917]
Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent first and second solo flights. Clay also says that he recently received four more letters from his mother dated from October and November.
Date:
December 9, 1917
Creator:
Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History