Truck and crane

One of a collection of 27 sketches in a sketchbook by Stevenson, pg. 3. Pen and ink sketch of amphibious vehicle and crane at harbor. One of a collection of 27 sketches in a sketchbook by Stevenson, pg. 3. Pen and ink sketch of amphibious vehicle and crane at harbor. Stevenson enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July 1941. He was one of the original soldier-artists at Fort Belvoir, VA. before accepting a position as a war artist in May 1943. In 1944 he was in southern England covering the preparations for the Normandy invasion and later depicted war damage in France and Germany. Gift of the artist 1994.