Tank modification

Original pen and ink sketch, signed and dated by Stevenson, of a man using a blowtorch to modify the armor on a tank. Inscription on back: Tank modification - extra armor plate, due to superior German fire power, March 1944. Warminster, Wilts, England. Original pen and ink sketch, signed and dated by Stevenson, of a man using a blowtorch to modify the armor on a tank. Inscription on back: Tank modification - extra armor plate, due to superior German fire power, March 1944. Warminster, Wilts, England. Stevenson enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July 1941. He was one of the original soldier-artists at Fort Belvoir, VA. before accepting a position as a war artist in May 1943. In 1944 he was in southern England covering the preparations for the Normandy invasion and later depicted war damage in France and Germany. Gift of the artist 1994.