Unloading ammo

One of a collection of 27 sketches by Stevenson, pg. 19. Pen and ink sketch of soldiers unloading a cargo ship; view from below showing boats alongside and another ship and harbor in the distance. One of a collection of 27 sketches by Stevenson, pg. 19. Pen and ink sketch of soldiers unloading a cargo ship; view from below showing boats alongside and another ship and harbor in the distance. 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.