Dispatch Cycles and Tent

Label on back of painting: "In the motor pool of an armored division training in southern England, the motorcycles and their riders stand before the dispatcher's tent, ready to carry messages to any of the subordinate units of the division." Label on back of painting: "In the motor pool of an armored division training in southern England, the motorcycles and their riders stand before the dispatcher's tent, ready to carry messages to any of the subordinate units of the division." Gold was inducted into the U.S. Army in May 1942, and was selected by the War Department Art Advisory Committee to serve as a war artist in Europe. Assigned to the Historical Branch, ETO, he traveled through the United Kingdom, France and Germany. His work also appeared in Yank magazine.