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First American World War One prisoner to escape from Germany, Private Frank Savicki

65-4021 (untitled)
Accession Number
65-4021
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Soldiers
World War, 1914-1918
HST Keywords
World War I - General File
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Description
American doughboy, first prisoner to escape from Germany, Private Frank Savicki of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, was captured at Chateau Thierry. Three months later he made his escape by locking the guard house door upon his jailer and fleeing to Switzerland by night. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.
Date(s)
ca.
1918