James C. Hughes, Kansas National Guard

A portrait of James C. Hughes in 1913 wearing his Kansas National Guard uniform. Hughes began as a bugler and went on to have a distinguished military career. At this time he was a member Field Artillery Battery A out of Topeka.

He 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