Enroute to Guinea 1943

Original pencil and wash sketch, signed and dated by Murphy, of troops onboard a Liberty ship going to New Guinea from Australia. Original pencil and wash sketch, signed and dated by Murphy, of troops onboard a Liberty ship going to New Guinea from Australia. Murphy joined the New York 7th Regiment in 1940 and trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia. He sailed to Australia in 1943 and served on General MacArthur's staff. Later he went to New Guinea and the Philippines before moving on to Japan following the surrender.