Documenting the American South Logo

Search Results

2 images with subject Prisoners of war--German--France--1910-1920.

  • A GERMAN UNTEROFFIZER CAPTURED IN THE ARGONNE He could speak a bit of English, and he told us that they were proud of the big P. W. stenciled on their clothes. That to us it meant Prisoner of War, but to them it meant "Papa Wilson." From Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War).


  • In the drive of November 1, 1918, prisoners were marched back by the company. This sketch shows a company that has just been captured, being brought back. Near Landres-St. George, France. From Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War).