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Overlooking Waxweiler
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1919
The 18th Field Artillery has paused for a break on a hill overlooking Waxweiler, a municipality in the county of Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. The second officer in the foreground is Hughes' friend, Miller. No first name given. Both Hughes and Miller were members of the 18th Field Artillery which was part of the Army of Occupation. The photo was taken in 1919. 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. Michael 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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