Verdun, France, Fall, 1944

Original unsigned watercolor; view looking over rooftops with allied flags flying in the street below. Original unsigned watercolor; view looking over rooftops with allied flags flying in the street below. Contreras served with the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion, part of the 23d Headquarters Special Troops (the so-called 'Ghost Army'). Upright medium folio, unmatted; gift of Rosa Elena Bland (acc. 2018). Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, John Hay Library, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)