Soldiers Aboard Troop Ship, USS Gibbons, en route, Ft. Dix, N.J., USA to Bristol, England, 3-16 May 1944, WW II

Loosely rendered watercolor showing a group of soldiers wearing life vests on a military ship. Other ships are seen on the horizon. Loosely rendered watercolor showing a group of soldiers wearing life vests on a military ship. Other ships are seen on the horizon. Morton joined the army in July 1942 and after training at Fort Meade, sailed for England in March 1944 as a technician with the 603rd Engineer Camouflage Battalion. He served in Europe with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops (the so-called 'Ghost Army') in France, Germany, and Luxembourg. Gift of the artist, 1994.