Correspondence [microform], 1888-1922, 1927, undated.

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Correspondence [microform], 1888-1922, 1927, undated.

Correspondence of military leader William (Billy) Mitchell, including letters written as a grammar school student at Racine College, Racine, Wisconsin; as a commissioned officer in the Army Signal Corps from camps in the United States, Cuba, and the Philippines during the war with Spain, 1898-1901; and as an officer following the war from camps in mainland United States and from Alaska where Mitchell assisted in developing telegraph communications.

1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

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