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Unidentified soldiers from the 76th Field Artillery are helping to free an Army wagon which appears to be stuck in a ford. This event occurred June 18, 1919. Captain Hughes photographed many people and places in Europe while he was part of 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: June 18, 1919
Item Number: 314830
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 284
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314830
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Military - Equipment - Vehicles - Wagons
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Military - Wars - World War I - 76th Field Artillery
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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