New Georgia, Aug. 5, '43. Beach AA position (looking inland)

Original pencil sketch by Crown; fortified American anti-aircraft position at edge of beach, trees in background; drawing includes descriptive notes about ammo well, personnel dugout, etc. Original pencil sketch by Crown; fortified American anti-aircraft position at edge of beach, trees in background; drawing includes descriptive notes about ammo well, personnel dugout, etc. Numbered 8 on verso. Crown served in the South Pacific as an infantry artist and Staff Sergeant. He was also a field correspondent for Yank magazine. Gift of the artist, 1994.

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Original record: New Georgia, Aug. 5, '43. Beach AA position (looking inland)
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 08-05-1943
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Crown, Keith Allen, 1918-2010 (artist)
Subject(s): Antiaircraft guns
Artillery operations
Crown
Drawings (Visual Works)
New Georgia
Solomon Islands
United States
World War, 1939-1945
Yank
Type: still image

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