Battery A, 130th Field Artillery

Members of Battery A, 130th Field Artillery on July 20,1917 photographed by Captain James C. Hughes of Battery C. Several horse-drawn carts, known as caissons, are pulling artillery and soldiers.

As a Kansan Hughes is among a select number of soldiers who served in a major military expedition as well as two world wars. As a photographer took more than 600 images documenting his time at the Mexican border in 1916 and in Europe during 1919. As a Japanese prisoner of war in World War II, Hughes kept a daily diary and, upon liberation, brought home items from his imprisonment. He and his family donated most of these items to the Kansas Museum of History.

More information at: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/james-clark-hughes/19881