In 1917 James C. Hughes was training for war at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. He was Captain of Battery C of the 130th Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard before being federalized to as part of the U.S. Army's 35th Division. Soldiers from Battery D of the 130th Field Artillery are loaded in a car on their way to play baseball. James Clark Hughes was born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1888, and served in the Mexican Border Conflict, World War I, and World War II. He used an autographic camera to take pictures of friends, family, and places in the United States and Europe during World War I. During the latter conflict, he commanded a Philippine regiment (Filipino soldiers led by American officers), which surrendered in 1942 on the Bataan peninsula. Hughes spent the next 41 months in various Japanese P.O.W. camps. He was liberated by Russian forces at Camp Hoten, Manchuria, in 1945. Hughes died in 1964 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: August 8, 1917