Wrecked jeeps recovered from torpedoed ship, which was towed into port: Southampton, England

Original unsigned ink and pencil sketch (by Stevenson); damaged jeep being lifted by crane at left, other equipment in background; military censor's stamp (dated Apr. 1945) on verso. Original unsigned ink and pencil sketch (by Stevenson); damaged jeep being lifted by crane at left, other equipment in background; military censor's stamp (dated Apr. 1945) on verso. 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.

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Original record: Wrecked jeeps recovered from torpedoed ship, which was towed into port: Southampton, England
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 04-01-1945
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Stevenson, A. Brockie, 1919-2009 (artist)
Subject(s): Army
Drawings (Visual Works)
Equipment and supplies
Fort Belvoir, VA
Jeep automobile
Southampton, England
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
United States
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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