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Soldiers are aboard a ferry on the Rhine River in Germany. Notice the horse drawn wagon that is also on the ferry. The photo was taken in 1919 while Captain Hughes was in Germany during the Army of Occupation. 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: 314819
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 276
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314819
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Military - Wars - World War I - Army of Occupation
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
People - Men
Places - International - Germany - Rhine River
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Transportation - Non-motorized - Draft animals
Transportation - Non-motorized - Freight wagons
Transportation - Water - Ferries
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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