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Art of War - Victor Lundy's Sketchbooks
“War experience just hypnotizes young men.” So said Victor Lundy, a World War II veteran who recorded many of his war memories through his sketchbooks, now donated to the Library of Congress.
He’d use a pocket-sized pad to portray the daily routines in the PX, scenes of men dozing, and training sessions. He sketched while his ship crossed the Atlantic — the drawing “Goodbye Broadway, Hello France” captures the excitement. He sketched his unit landing at Cherbourg on Sept. 7 — the first big convoy in Normandy since D-Day on June 6. “I realized we were part of a very significant occasion,” he said. Lundy recorded French farmhouses and villages, battle scenes, Allied planes, and casualties he witnessed while serving as a squad leader.
blogs.loc.gov/loc/2010/11/the-art-of-war/
Link to sketchbook
www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?va=exact&co%21=coll&st=grid&q=LOT+14007&fi=number&sg=true&op=PHRASE
“War experience just hypnotizes young men.” So said Victor Lundy, a World War II veteran who recorded many of his war memories through his sketchbooks, now donated to the Library of Congress.
He’d use a pocket-sized pad to portray the daily routines in the PX, scenes of men dozing, and training sessions. He sketched while his ship crossed the Atlantic — the drawing “Goodbye Broadway, Hello France” captures the excitement. He sketched his unit landing at Cherbourg on Sept. 7 — the first big convoy in Normandy since D-Day on June 6. “I realized we were part of a very significant occasion,” he said. Lundy recorded French farmhouses and villages, battle scenes, Allied planes, and casualties he witnessed while serving as a squad leader.
blogs.loc.gov/loc/2010/11/the-art-of-war/
Link to sketchbook
www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?va=exact&co%21=coll&st=grid&q=LOT+14007&fi=number&sg=true&op=PHRASE