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and [[Leavy?]] duty - The privilege in ch [[which]] to work with the pilots so ill from war service waiting to be ambulatory enough to be flown to their home states and Vet. Hospitals. A beautiful experience with of the cream of all young men - so I was allowed again to be a Needed Woman in my World - Aviation.
Have all the Documents of WACO - Items to make a Smithsonian Display (Glossies - block cut of Bucks helmeted head - Just wish Gen Wad and/or Gerard Hughes (Garden City L.Is.) both soloed by Buck" could take all this Treasure of Youth who Dared, Dreamed and Died. No college grads High School graduates. The Chgo Millionaires Philip Kaight Wrigley flown to the "Darby" la. yr; then learned to fly; Pop" Dickenson founded the Aero Club Og Ill. with teen-age Buck & Matty Laird. Pop" see (millionaire in his fifties - Buck flew him (only Buck). In 1930's "Pop" learned to fly. 
Buck died (I now find end of July 1924 - wrote you some of this - The Briquet story - Aviation History ..
[[strikethrough]] At this point I wish I could put the History in a flat trunk send it to you knowledgeable honest ones - or someone take it by car in the 200 yr. old trunk with Signal Corp Emblem from  [[/strikethrough]] Rich Field, Waco, Texas. Seriously
Sincerely
Hattie Meyers (Weaver) Junkin

Transcription Notes:
During the period when Matty Laird was performing as a barnstorming pilot, he designed this as an aerobatic aircraft for his own use. He built the aircraft with assistance from his brother Charles and friend George E. “Buck” Weaver. Rich Field is a former World War I military airfield, located in Waco, Texas