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The photo shows two officers walking across the field. The one furthest back is probably Captain Hughes friend called Miller. In the background the vehicles and more soldiers can be seen. This is the 18th Field Artillery, part of the Army of Occupation and probably in western Germany at the time this photo was taken in June 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.
Creator: Hughes, James Clark, 1888-1964
Date: June 1919
Item Number: 314841
Call Number: James C. Hughes Collection, negative 292A
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314841
Collections - Photograph - Hughes, James C.
Military - Equipment - Vehicles
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Military - Wars - World War I - 18th Field Artillery
Military - Wars - World War I - Army of Occupation
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Nitrate
Places - International - Germany
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film - Nitrate
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