Firefight on Peleliu Island

Original acrylic painting on canvas, initialled by McDermott; night battle scene, 2 flame-throwing tanks firing toward right, into narrow ravine between cliffs, American infantry moving up behind them. Original acrylic painting on canvas, initialled by McDermott; night battle scene, 2 flame-throwing tanks firing toward right, into narrow ravine between cliffs, American infantry moving up behind them. McDermott enlisted in the US Marine Corps in September 1942. He served as an combat artist with a map-making section and covered the campaigns on Guadalcanal, Guam and Okinawa.