Photograph of French ruins after Wold War I

A set of graves among the ruins of a French town in 1918 photographed by Captain James C. Hughes. Two wooden crosses mark graves that lay covered in brick and stone. Hughes came across the scene while on his way to fight in the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne.

Hughes, a Kansan, 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