Gypsy Refugees Getting Supplies, Salzwedel Camp, 1945

US soldiers on a truck hand out supplies to Gypsy refugees. A Red Cross truck is seen in the left background and telephone/telegraph wires and poles run along the road. US soldiers on a truck hand out supplies to Gypsy refugees. A Red Cross truck is seen in the left background and telephone/telegraph wires and poles run along the road. Chapman served in the U.S. Army and sketched scenes stateside, in convoy, and in England before being transferred in 1944 to the Public Relations and Historical Section of the 84th Infantry Division to produce work on the Battle of Germany. He also did cartoons for the 84th divisional newspaper and Stars & Stripes.