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Some of Our Two Million Fighters Ready for Home, Brest, France

Soldiers are in line, ready to be sent home. There are storefronts and flags waving in the background. According to the photograph, sending men home was a very complicated, yet organized, system.

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Our Boys Boarding Transport for For "the Good Old U.S.A"

This photograph is of American soldiers heading home on a boat after the war's end from Europe. According to the photograph, the ride home was unpleasant for many because of poor living conditions.

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The New York City Skyline Brings a Thrill to the Heart of Every Returning Doughboy- U.S.S Louisiana Arriving in the Harbor

In this photograph a boat with soldiers discharged from war aproaches the New York City skyline.

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U.S Transport Leviathan, Formerly the Vaterland, Largest Ship Afloat

This photograph is of a the boat, the "Leviathan." It was the "largest ship afloat" at the time this image was captured and was used in battle.

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U.S Battleships Serve as Transports in Bringing Our Troops ome- The Louisiana at Dock in New York Harbor

This photograph is of a boat carrying soldiers home from fighting in Europe during WWI.

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The American Cemetary at Belleau Wood

This photograph is of an American cemetary with fallen soldiers from WWI. There is an American flag waving in the distance. The graves are for the men who fought in the Battle of Belleau Wood, Germany.

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Happy Reunion for Home-coming Soldier Fathers.

Two American Soldiers stand beside their wives, holding babies born during the war. Behind them stand their fellow soldiers and officer.

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Fighters Who Broke the Hindenburg Line, Parading Down Fifth Ave., New York

National Guardsmen of the 27th Dvision, who helped take the Scheldt Canal Tunnel, part of an important German network of passageways to machine guns, parade down Fifth Ave., while hundreds cheer on the sidewalks.

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Nursing Wounded Heroes Back to Health, Convalescent Hospital No. 5, New York

At a hospital in New York for returning soldiers, former soldiers lie on rows of beds, while nurses and visitors mull about.

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Wounded Soldier About to Undergo Operation: Hospital No. 5, New York

Surgeons and nurses surround a soldier lying on an operating table, about to perform an operation.

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Severely Wounded Being Transported to Hospital Ship from Transport, Hoboken

Soldiers carry a wounded man on a stretcher up the steps, boarding a ship.

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Hospital Deck on Giant Transport "Leviathan".

An American sergeant visits with sick men on a hospital transport ship.

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A Friendly Bout among Our Boys on Transport Returning from France

Two Americans box, surrounded by their comrades, on the deck of a transport ship on the return from France at the end of the war

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Ready for the "Abandon Ship" Drill: U.S. Soldiers With Life Belts Adjusted

Soldiers stand, wearing life jackets, on the deck of homeward bound ship, about to perform the abandon ship drill, a twice daily occurrence.

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Colored Troops Returning from France on S. S. Aquitania, New York

The steamship Aquitania, heading for New York harbor, containing a number of African-American troops.

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America's Most Notable Gathering of Military Heroes-Left to Right, Jacques (Belgium), Diaz (Italy), Coolidge, Foch (France), Pershing, end, Beatty (England), at His Right

In this photograph many military hereos of WWI are gathered at the American Legion in 1921.

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French Lines Captured from the Enemy by the Marine Fusileers

In this photograph soldiers are standing in a fort. They use sandbags as a defense mechanism.

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Honorable Discharge for LeRoi S. Williams, Aviation Cadet, 13071318, Aviation Cadet Detachment

Document certifying that LeRoi S. Williams was honorably discharged from the Military Service. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel Noel F. Parrish. The back contains his enlistment record including physical description, some medical information, and...

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Announcing the Graduation of Class SE-43-G, Tuskegee Army Air Field Tuskegee, Alabama

Graduation program from LeRoi's graduation from the Tuskegee Institute. Lists the names of the graduates and the schedule of events.

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Claim for National Service Life Insurance

Cordelia B. Williams' claim for the National Service Life Insurance Policy taken out by her son LeRoi Shelton Williams. She began to fill it out after her sons' death but appears to not have finished or had it notarized. She details her relationship...

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to Mrs Cordelia Williams

Letter from the Air Corps' Custodian of Funds, James Pughsley, informing Cordelia of LeRoi's unpaid board bill and instructing her where to send the payment. Written at Selfridge Air National Guard Base

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to Mrs Cordelia Williams

Carbon copy of a letter from the Air Corps' Custodian of Funds, James Pughsley, informing Cordelia of LeRoi's unpaid board bill and instructing her where to send the payment. Written at Selfridge Air National Guard Base

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to Mrs Cordelia Williams

Envelope addressed to Mrs. Cordelia Williams, 221 Harrison Ave. N.E. Roanoke, Virginia. From Lt Theodore A. Wilson 100th Fights Squadron 33nd Flights Group Selfridge Field, Michigan. Written at Selfridge Air National Guard Base

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to Mrs. Williams

A condolence letter from the Chaplain at Hampton Institute. He expresses his admiration for LeRoi, including LeRoi's playing of the Church Tower chimes. The signature is illegible.

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to Mrs Cordelia Williams

A letter from Lt. Theodore A. Wilson to Cordelia Williams. He begins by describing the Thanksgiving meal he had the previous day and then asks her to let him know whether she has paid her son's B.O.Q. bill and if so, what payment method she used.

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