Newspaper clippings about Hugo Schroeder - 1919

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Title	Newspaper clippings about Hugo Schroeder - 1919
Creator	Unknown
Source	Unknown. Newspaper clippings about Hugo Schroeder. 1919. Hugo Schroeder Collection. Velma Schroeder Rohan, St. Louis, Missouri.
Description	Hugo Schroeder, of St. Louis, Missouri served with Company C, 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. At the Battle of the Argonne he was wounded in the leg and laid on the battlefield in the rain for about a day. Germans passing through the battlefield began killing any American soldiers still alive. Schroeder, the son of German immigrants could speak German and somehow convinced them to spare his life. He wound up having his right leg amputated, and was a Prisoner of War at the German POW Camp located at Rastatt, Germany. Schroeder also fought at the Battle of St. Mihiel. These are newspaper clipping about Schroeders military service. They detail his experiences as a POW as well the time he spent in the hospital in France and the U.S. recovering from his injuries.
Contributing Institution	Velma Schroeder Rohan
Language	English