John Franklin Hardesty Photograph - October 1918
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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 was a photograph of a small group of the American prisoners of war at the in Villingen Prisoner of War Camp in Germany.
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A small group of the American prisoners of war in Villigen, Baden – taken October 1918-
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 was a photograph of a small group of the American prisoners of war at the in Villingen Prisoner of War Camp in Germany.
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| Title | John Franklin Hardesty Photograph - October 1918 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. John Franklin Hardesty Photograph. October 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. This was a photograph of a small group of the American prisoners of war at the in Villingen Prisoner of War Camp in Germany. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners; Prisoner-of-war camps |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | October 1, 1918 |
| Language | English |