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Review 142 FA, Le Valdabon, France/Belgium?
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: Spring 1919
The 142nd Field Artillery review in Le Valdahon, Franch. This tract vehicle is pulling a two wheeled trailer with soldiers sitting on it, followed by another two wheeled trailer with an artillery gun. The picture was taken in the Spring of 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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