Cleaning Mg. tripod

Original pencil sketch signed and dated by Chapman; back view of crouching soldier cleaning machine gun tripod. Original pencil sketch signed and dated by Chapman; back view of crouching soldier cleaning machine gun tripod. Chapman served in the U.S. Army and sketched scenes stateside, in convoy, and in England before being transferred in 1944 to the Public Relations and Historical Section of the 84th Infantry Division to produce work on the Battle of Germany. He also did cartoons for the 84th divisional newspaper and Stars & Stripes.

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Original record: Cleaning Mg. tripod
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1943
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Chapman, Walter H., 1912-2015 (artist)
Subject(s): Army
Battle of Germany
Chapman
Drawings (Visual Works)
Military life
Public Relations
United States
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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