Unloading oil drum

A US soldier wades in water while handling a barrel, hauling it to shore. Two others in the background are also shown transporting a barrel. Possibly a study for his work 'South Pacific: Unloading Oil Drums' for Standard Oil's journal 'The Lamp'. A US soldier wades in water while handling a barrel, hauling it to shore. Two others in the background are also shown transporting a barrel. Possibly a study for his work 'South Pacific: Unloading Oil Drums' for Standard Oil's journal 'The Lamp'. Fredenthal was one of the civilian artists assigned to the War Department Art Program in 1943. He served with the South Pacific War Art Unit and later became a Life magazine artist-correspondent in the Pacific. Gift of Ruth Ann Fredenthal, 1994.