John Franklin Hardesty Letter to the Surgeon General of the Army - January 17, 1919
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Camp Dix, New Jersey January 17th, 1919 From: J.F. Hardesty, Captain, M.C. To: The Surgeon General of the Army (Through the Camp Surgeon). Subject: Special Personal Report. 1. Report my arrival this day at Camp Dix, New Jersey, from Port of Debarkation ,Hoboken, N.J., for duty and Discharge Authority Special Order 16, Paragraph, 13 Hq Port of Debarkation Hoboken, N.J. J.F. Hardesty
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| Title | John Franklin Hardesty Letter to the Surgeon General of the Army - January 17, 1919 |
| Creator | Hardesty, John Franklin |
| Source | Hardesty, John Franklin. Letter to the Surgeon General of the Army. 17 January 1919. 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. In this letter, Hardesty infromed the Surgeon General of the Army, that he had arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; Military discharge |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | January 17, 1919 |
| Language | English |