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Twelve German prisoners in Nubecourt, France. One has a bandaged head, one has a bandaged hand and one is using a cane. 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.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1919
Item Number: 314632
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 137B
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314632
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Military - Service - Army
Military - Service - National Guard - Kansas Army National Guard
Military - Wars - World War I - Army of Occupation
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
People - European Americans - Germans
Places - International - France - Nubecourt
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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