"St. Louisan Led Plot To Flee From German Prison" - June 11, 1919
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[newspaper clipping] "ST. LOUISAN LED PLOT TO FLEE FROM GERMAN PRISON Boston Aviator Gives Full Credit for His Escape to Capt. John F. Hardesty, Who Returned in February"
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[newspaper clipping] "HELPED COMRADES TO ESCAPE Dr. Hardesty Aided Fellow Prisoners in German Camp to Liberty."
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| Title | "St. Louisan Led Plot To Flee From German Prison" - June 11, 1919 |
| Creator | St. Louis Post Dispatch |
| Source | St. Louis Post Dispatch. "St. Louisan Led Plot To Flee From German Prison". 11 June 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. This newspaper clipping, “St. Louisan Led Plot to Flee from German Prison” tells of Hardesty's role in aiding Harold B. Willis' and others escape from Villingen Prisoner of War Camp. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Germany; Escaped prisoners; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | June 11, 1919 |
| Language | English |