Liberated Russian Soldier -- Russian Colony, Luxembourg 1944

Half-length portrait, in vignette style, of a Russian soldier wearing a garrison cap and a striped tunic. Half-length portrait, in vignette style, of a Russian soldier wearing a garrison cap and a striped tunic. Morton joined the army in July 1942 and after training at Fort Meade, sailed for England in March 1944 as a technician with the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion. He served in Europe with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops (the so-called 'Ghost Army') in France, Germany, and Luxembourg. Gift of the artist, 1994.