Lieutenant E.V.M. Izac "Living Heroes of U.S. Forces" - October 22, 1939
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[newspaper clipping] "LIVING HEROES OF U.S. FORCES He Leaped from a Train, Swam the Icy River Rhine With the Enemy's Secrets"
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[newspaper clipping] "DARE DEVILS OF DESTINY TRUE STORIES OF GALLANT MEN"
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[newspaper clipping] [no title] By TOM WOLF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS Sunday Magazine
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| Title | Lieutenant E.V.M. Izac "Living Heroes of U.S. Forces" - October 22, 1939 |
| Creator | Rocky Mountain News Sunday Magazine |
| Source | Rocky Mountain News Sunday Magazine. Lieutenant E.V.M. Izac "Living Heroes of U.S. Forces." 22 October 1939. John Franklin Hardesty Papers, 1867-2007. A2293. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | John Franklin Hardesty entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps and volunteered to serve as a surgeon with the British Army during WWI. In March of 1918, he was captured by Germans in Amiens, France. Hardesty was imprisoned at Ratstatt and Villingen Prisoner of War Camps for eight months. This newspaper clipping of “Dare-devils of Destiny” was a comic strip that detailed the escape of Lt. Isaacs and Lt. H. Willis from Villingen Prisoner of War Camp. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners; Escaped prisoners |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | October 22, 1939 |
| Language | English |