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Nanhvielles, Machine gun nest, France
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1919
A machine gun nest near Nanhvielles, France. An unidentified soldier is standing to the left of the damaged nest. The ground is covered in debris and snow. To the right, front of the nest are two crosses. A roll of barb wire is shown at the bottom of the picture. James C. Hughes, as part of the 35th Division, left Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and traveled to Hoboken, New Jersey, where he boarded the troop ship "Ceramic" on May 18, 1918. Hughes arrived in Liverpool, England, on June 1, 1918 and then landed at Le Havre, France, on June 9, 1918. Hughes fought in the battles of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne. He was at Verdun on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. He took no photos of the actual fighting. He did take many photographs after the war as part of the Army of Occupation until he left France on July 18, 1919. A full biography of James Clark Hughes is available at the link below to Kansapedia.
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