Destroyer H.M.S. "Kelly" rams Nazi troopers thrown into the water from native fishing boats which made up a German convoy heading for Crete

Original gouache drawing signed by Coggins; night battle scene, British destroyer smashing and sinking fishing vessels full of German soldiers; explosions, sinking freighter in background. Original gouache drawing signed by Coggins; night battle scene, British destroyer smashing and sinking fishing vessels full of German soldiers; explosions, sinking freighter in background. Coggins worked as an illustrator with Life magazine in 1941 and 1942. The following year he enlisted as an artist-correspondent for Yank magazine in the European Theater of Operations until 1945. Gift of the artist, 1994.