November 2, 2002
Photo: Inferno
William F. Draper #105
Oil on canvas, October 29, 1944
34 1/4h" x 44 1/4w"
88-189-DT
In the village of Charou Kanan, Saipan, the sugar mill became an inferno on D-Day. As the flames leap to the sky, Marines stealthily creep forward. Enemy mortar fire falls over the beachhead causing many casualties to the men and supplies. d sweat.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men....Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
song playing....Eve of Destruction