"Two Medical Officers, the First St. Louisans Home From German Prison Camps, Relate Experiences" - February 15, 1919
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[newspaper clipping] "Two Medical Officers, the First St. Louisans Home From German Prison Camps, Relate Experiences"
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| Title | "Two Medical Officers, the First St. Louisans Home From German Prison Camps, Relate Experiences" - February 15, 1919 |
| Creator | St. Louis Post Dispatch |
| Source | St. Louis Post Dispatch. "Two Medical Officers, the First St. Louisans Home From German Prison Camps, Relate Experiences." 15 Februay 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 newspaper clipping , "Two Medical Officers, the First St. Louisians Home From German Prison Camps, Relate Experiences,” published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Hardesty and Lt.Goodrich detailed their experiences in the prisoner of war camps. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners; World War, 1914-1918--Germany; Atrocities; World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A2239 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | February 15, 1919 |
| Language | English |