"U.S. Casualties Overseas Reported By General Peshing" and "Capt. Hardesty Taken Prisoner By Germans" - April 15, 1918
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[newspaper clipping] "U.S. Casualties Overseas Reported By Gen. Pershing" [newspaper clipping] "CAPT. HARDESTY TAKEN PRISONER BY GERMANS"
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| Title | "U.S. Casualties Overseas Reported By General Peshing" and "Capt. Hardesty Taken Prisoner By Germans" - April 15, 1918 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. U.S. Casualties Overseas Reported By General Peshing" and "Capt. Hardesty Taken Prisoner By Germans. 15 April 1918. 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. These newspaper clippings, "U.S. Casualties Overeseas Reported by Gen. Pershing” and “Capt. Hardesty Taken Prisoner by Germans,” explained Hardesty's status as missing in action and a prisoner of war. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France; Missing in action |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | April 15, 1918 |
| Language | English |