Transport "Henry C. Gibbons": North Atlantic, May 9, 1944

Original semi-caricature in colored pencil, signed and dated by Arnett; profile of soldier seated in crowded bunk room on board ship; legs and feet of another soldier lying in bunk in foreground, 3rd soldier seated in background. Original semi-caricature in colored pencil, signed and dated by Arnett; profile of soldier seated in crowded bunk room on board ship; legs and feet of another soldier lying in bunk in foreground, 3rd soldier seated in background. Arnett served with the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion. After training in camouflage deception at Fort Meade in 1943, he became part of a special secret unit, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops (the so-called 'Ghost Army') in January 1944. He served in Belgium, France, Holland, Luxembourg and Germany. Encouraged by his officers, he did numerous cartoons to improve the morale of his fellow soldiers.