File:Norman Archibald's POW leave permit, November 5, 1918 (MOHAI 12319).jpg

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 and held in a camp in Karlsruhe, Germany. 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. This permit, issued to Norman Archibald on November 5, 1918, allowed him temporarily leave of the prisoner of war camp on his "word-of-honour" not to "act in any way to prejudice the German Empire" nor attempt to escape, under penalty of death.

The permit is mounted on a scrapbook page with clippings and other ephemera related to Norman Archibald's imprisonment and release.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Prisoners of War--American--; Soldiers--American--France--Paris; World War, 1914-1918
• People: Archibald, Norman, 1894-1975