POW work trousers

Colonel James C. Hughes was issued these work pants at Camp Tarlac and wore them for three years as a POW during World War II.His POW number at Camp Tarlac, 23, is written inside the waistband. The fabric is patched with burlap in an effort to keep the pants from breaking down further.

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