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Quick Wit Saves Seattle Flyer from Execution [Clipping] (Item)

Newspaper clipping, "Quick Wit Saves Seattle Flyer from Execution," from unidentified publication, March 2, [circa 1919]. Prints an account from Norman S. Archibald about his capture, in which he gave credit to a German balloon crew for shooting him down. This saved him from being executed for carrying incendiary ammunition.

[American prisoners in Germany] (Item)

Photograph of German soldiers escorting American prisoners of war through a city in Germany, April 20, 1918. Inscription on photo: "Gefangene Amerikaner. 20-4-18." Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry…

[German servicemen and American prisoners of war on dirt road] (Item)

Photograph of German servicemen and American prisoners of war on a dirt road, circa 1918. Some of the prisoners do not have shoes and are walking in socks or with bags wrapped around their feet. A sign by the road reads: "Gasgefahrzone! Maske geschultert bei Gasbereits [illegible] auf brust." Inscription on photo: "[illegible] 1918. Sef. Amerikaner."Inscription on album page: "American prisoners.…

[Servicemen escorting American prisoners of war through city, Germany] (Item)

Photograph of German servicemen escorting American prisoners of war through a city, Germany, April 1918. Inscription on photo: "Gefangene Amerikaner. [illegible]-4-18."Inscription on album page: "American prisoners in Germany. April-1918."Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

Prisoners of U.S. after battle in Tunisia (Item)

Oblique aerial photograph of an American prisoner-of-war camp for captured German and Italian soldiers, Tunisia, circa 1943-1945.Typed caption glued to verso: "Prisoners of U.S. after battle in Tunisia. U.S. forces in Northern Tunisia round up German and Italian soldiers who were taken prisoner in the final stages of the American offensive. These prisoners are part of the approximately 260,000…

[American prisoners in Germany] (Item)

Photograph of American prisoners of war being escorted by German soldiers down a dirt road in Germany, April 20, 1918. Some prisoners do not have shoes and are walking in socks or with bags wrapped around their feet. A sign by the road reads: "Gasgefahrzone! Maske geschultert bei Gasbereits [illegible] auf brust." Inscription on photo: "20-4-1918 Sef. Amerikaner." Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy…

[Prisoner-of-war notebook kept by Norman "Jim" Archibald, 1918] (Item)

Pocket notebook kept by Norman "Jim" Archibald with notes from his time as a prisoner of war, 1918. Three pages of narrative notes on Archibald's captivity covering the period of September 14-21, 1918, describing his arrival at Karlsruhe, being confined and questioned, an American aviator who survived a plane crash and other Allied soldiers in captivity with him, and being fed and clothed by the…

[Prisoner-of-war journal kept by Norman "Jim" Archibald, 1918] (Item)

Hardcover journal kept by Norman "Jim" Archibald with notes from his time as a prisoner of war, 1918. Two pages of narrative notes on Archibald's captivity covering the period of November 10-12, 1918 describe punishment of fellow prisoners for an escape attempt, the takeover of the prison camp by Marines, German soldiers being stripped of insignia (or killed if they refuse), confirmation of the…

[Captured servicemen at unidentified prisoner-of-war camp] (Item)

Photographic postcard of captured servicemen at an unidentified prisoner-of-war camp, circa 1918.

[Captured servicemen at prisoner-of-war, Karlsruhe, Germany] (Item)

Photographic postcard of captured servicemen at a prisoner-of-war, Karlsruhe, Germany, circa 1918.Caption: "F. Albrecht Phot. Karlsruhe, 1918."

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