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5 ton Making Step Grade

Date: 1919

Captain Hughes photographed a 5-ton Holt slowly climbing a steep grade in 1919. The soldiers were part of the 18th Field Artillery, Army of Occupation in Germany. James C. Hughes,…

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Turn & Bridge, Nr. Lutzerath

Date: 1919

In this photo taken by Captain Hughes in 1919, the 18th Field Artillery was approaching Lutzerath, a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate area of Germany. Two unidentified people are watching as…

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Turn & Bridge, Nr. Lutzerath

Date: 1919

When this photo was taken in 1919, Captain Hughes and the 18th Field Artillery, Army of Occupation, were approaching Lutzerath, a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate area of Germany. Many military…

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Approaching Witlich

Date: 1919

Captain Hughes and the 18th Field Artillery with the Army of Occupation, were approaching Wittlich, a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate area of Germany, when this photo was taken in 1919.…

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Kloster Eichelhutte

Date: Spring/Summer 1919

Captain Hughes and the 18th Field Artillery with the Army of Occupation, were in Eichelhutte in the region of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany when he took this photo of the Kloster Hinnerod.…

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18th FA, Miller and Self

Date: June 1919

The photo shows Captain James Hughes on the right and a friend and fellow soldier, indentified only as Miller, on the left. They are with the 18th Field Artillery as…

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Miller in Field, 18th FA

Date: June 1919

The photo shows two officers walking across the field. The one furthest back is probably Captain Hughes friend called Miller. In the background the vehicles and more soldiers can be…

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Overlooking Waxweiler

Date: 1919

The 18th Field Artillery has paused for a break on a hill overlooking Waxweiler, a municipality in the county of Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. The second officer in…

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F 18th Going Into Position

Date: June 20, 1919, 3 pm

This photograph by Captain Hughes shows the 18th Field Artillery going into position, June 20, 1919. The picture was taken at 3:00 p.m. while the soldiers were part of the…

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Football, Commercy

Date: February 1919

Captain Hughes photographed soldiers playing football as others watched from the sidelines. The photo was taken in Commercy, in northeastern France, in February,1919. Hughes and the rest of the soldiers…

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Football, Commercy

Date: February 1919

In February,1919, Captain Hughes photographed soldiers participating in a football game. The game was at Commercy, in northeastern France. James C. Hughes, as part of the 35th Division, left Fort…

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Hole in Bridge

Date: [Date Unknown]

As the Army of Occupation moved through the lands they were to protect, they often ran into obstacles that made travel difficult. One example is the hole in a bridge…

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Hill – 12th slope

Date: June 20, 1919, 2 pm

This photo shows the landscape with steep hills through which the army at times had to move during the Army of Occupation. Captain Hughes photographed this group the afternoon of…

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5 ton F. 18th Leaving Rd.

Date: June 19, 1919

These soldiers, members of the 18th Field Artillery, are maneuvering this 5-Ton F off the road and beginning to climb a hill. The photo was taken June 19, 1919 while…

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Romersheim, Nr. Prum; Corpus Christi Altars

Date: June 19, 1919

These children are at an altar of Corpus Christi in Rommersheim, a municipality near the district of Prum in Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany. Captain Hughes photographed the children at the…

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Romersheim, Nr. Prum; Corpus Christi Altars

Date: June 19, 1919

Two men stand near the altar of Corpus Christi in Rommersheim, a municipality near the district of Prum in Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany. Captain Hughes photographed this shrine on June…

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76th FA Tractor & Trailer in Ford

Date: June 18, 1919

Unidentified soldiers from the 76th Field Artillery are helping to free an Army wagon which appears to be stuck in a ford. This event occurred June 18, 1919. Captain Hughes…

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Officers 3rd Br, 18FA, Nr. NOHN

Date: June 18, 1919

Unidentified officers from the 3rd Br, 18th Field Artillery, were resting in a field north of Nohn, June 18, 1919. Nohn is a municipality in the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany. Captain…

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218 FA above Kilberg

Date: June 17, 1919

This photograph taken June 17, 1919 by Captain Hughes shows the 18th Field Artillery, part of the Army of Occupation, passing near the German town of Kolberg. James C. Hughes,…

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218 FA above Kilberg

Date: June 17, 1919

This photograph taken June 17, 1919 by Captain Hughes shows the German town of Kolberg in a valley below where Hughes and the 18th Field Artillery with the Army of…

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Delivering wood, Nr. Kilberg

Date: June 17, 1919

Captain Hughes photographed this German man and woman delivering wood off their cart pulled by cattle. Notice the man in the corner above the cattle, he appears to be doing…

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F – 18th FA, Nr. Lierstal

Date: June 16, 1919

Captain Hughes labeled this photograph the 18th Field Artillery, Nr. Lierstal. It shows from a distance, the military moving equipment through the mountains. The photo was taken June 16, 1919…