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Hughes photographed various guns during the war. This one is a 75 mm American gun also referred to as a field gun. Hughes and fellow soldiers who were part of the 35th Division had been trained to use these. The men pictured with the gun are unidentified. 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.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: 1919
Item Number: 314686
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 180B
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314686
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Military - Wars - World War I - 35th Division
Military - Wars - World War I - Army of Occupation
Military - Weapons - Artillery - Cannons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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