Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Personal Narrative Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording Image 1 of Letter from Archer L. Lerch, the Provost Marshall General, to "the Next of Kin of American Prisoners of War," addressing concerns that German POWs in American hands were being treated too softly. Letter from Archer L. Lerch, the Provost Marshall General, to "the Next of Kin of American Prisoners of War," addressing concerns that German POWs in American hands were being treated too softly.