Early morning shower, New Guinea 1944

Original watercolor caricature, signed and dated by Murphy, of two women soldiers in bathrobes and slippers walking to get a shower in the early morning. Tents in background. Original watercolor caricature, signed and dated by Murphy, of two women soldiers in bathrobes and slippers walking to get a shower in the early morning. Tents in background. Murphy joined the New York 7th Regiment in 1940 and trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia. He sailed to Australia in 1943 and served on General MacArthur's staff. Later he went to New Guinea and the Philippines before moving on to Japan following the surrender.