James C. Hughes and son James Renwick Hughes

Captain James C. Hughes(left) posing with his son James Renwick(right) while the younger was on furlough during the summer of 1934. Military service was a tradition in the Hughes family dating back to the U.S. Civil War.

Kansan Colonel James C. 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