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James C. Hughes' POW identification badge 56

Unknown1942/1943

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Historical Society
Topeka, United States

Between 1942 and 1943 Colonel James C. Hughes was prisoner number 56 at Karenko Camp in Taiwan. Open from August 17,1942 to June 6,1943 the camp was home to high-ranking U.S. officers who were captured in the Pacific during World War II.

Hughes, a Kansan, is among a select number of soldiers who served in a major military expedition and two world wars. As a photographer he documented his time at the Mexican border in 1916 and in Europe in 1919 taking more than 600 images. 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

Details

  • Title: James C. Hughes' POW identification badge 56
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1942/1943
  • Location Created: Taiwan
  • Subject Keywords: World War II, James C. Hughes

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