In October 1918, Douglas Stewart, Assistant Director of the American Red Cross Bureau of Prisoners Relief, sent a letter to Silas Archibald informing him that his son, Norman, was being held as a prisoner of war in Karlsruhe, Germany, and that he is not wounded. Both Norman ("Jim") Archibald and his older sister Hazel served in France during World War I. Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero Squadron, U. S. Army, in September 1918 when his SPAD biplane fighter aircraft was shot down behind enemy lines and he was taken prisoner by the Germans. A month later, Hazel, a talented pianist and songwriter, joined the American Red Cross in Paris and worked as an entertainer in the Red Cross Hospital Hut Service. Hazel continually sought information on the condition and whereabouts of her brother, finally reuniting with him in Tours, France, two months later.

Caption information source: The Seattle Times, September 23, 1975, p. 52.

• Subjects (LCTGM): American Red Cross; Prisoners of war--American--Germany--Karlsruhe; Soldiers--American; World War, 1914-1918
• People: Archibald, Norman, 1894-1975