Newspaper Clippings concerning John Franklin Hardesty - n.d.
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[newspaper clipping] "DETAILS OF CAPTURE OF CAPT. HARDESTY St. Louisan Was on Duty in British Trenches When Taken, Letter Says."
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[newspaper clipping] "1,000 GERMANS ON BRIDGE BLOWN UP, ST. LOUISAN WRITES Lieut. Smith Also Tells of Capture of Capt. Hardesty in British Drive." [newspaper clipping] "ST. LOUIS OFFICER GERMAN PRISONER AT CAMP MAINZ" [newspaper clipping] "CAPT. HARDESTY TELLS OF PRISON Captive in Baden Writes to His Parents That His Greatest Trouble Is Idleness."
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[newspaper clipping] "[ST.] LOUISAN WRITES OF PRISON LIFE IN GERMANY Capt. John F. Hardesty, a Physician, in Three Different Camps Since His Capture." [newspaper clipping] "LIEUT. GOODRICH NOW IS IN PRISON CAMP AT MEINTZ Missourian Sends Message to Mother From Germany Asking for Clothes."
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[newspaper clipping] "WEEKLY RATIONS FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS IMPRISONED IN GERMANY"
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| Title | Newspaper Clippings concerning John Franklin Hardesty - n.d. |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. Newspaper Clippings concerning John Franklin Hardesty. N.d. 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 are seven newspaper clippings about Hardesty during his time as a prisoner of war. They are as follows: “Details of Capture of Capt. Hardesty,” 1,000 Germans on Bridge Blown Up, St. Louisan Writes,” “St. Louis Officer German Prisoner at Camp Mainz” and “Capt. Hardesty Tells of Prison.” “[St.] Louisan Writes of Prison Life in Germany,” “Liet. Goodrich Now is in Prison Camp at Meintz,” and a newspaper clipping photograph, “Weekly rations for American soldiers imprisoned in Germany.” |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners; World War, 1914-1918--Germany; World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation; Missing in action; World War, 1914-1918--Equipmen |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | n.d. |
| Language | English |