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Pacific War in art – 1944

Posted on October 19, 2020 by SCLMRose

Great WWII paintings!

Pacific Paratrooper

As promised, here is an example of other works of art for the following year of the Pacific War…

USMC in the Marshall Islands, 31 Jan 1944, by: James V. Griffin

Truk Island, Carolinas, by: Frank Lemon

RNZAF, May 1944 with Corsairs

Saipan Jun-july 1944, by: Robert Benney

War Weary, by: Jack Fellows

Guam, July-Aug. by: Howard Gerard

Peleliu Invaded, Sept. 1944, By: Tom Lea

Avengers of the Philippines, by: John D. Shaw

November 14, 1944 . . . As smoldering enemy ships mark a trail to Manila Bay, Avengers and Hellcats of Air Group 51 overfly the isle of Corregidor on their return to the carrier U.S.S. San Jacinto.

With the misty mountains of Bataan standing as a silent sentinel, Naval LT (JG) George H.W. Bush pilots his TBM in one of his last combat missions of WWII. The valor of Bush’s…

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3 thoughts on “Pacific War in art – 1944”

GP Cox says:

October 19, 2020 at 5:26 pm

Thank you, Rose. These artists sure do a fantastic job, don’t they?

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SCLMRose says:

October 19, 2020 at 6:12 pm

You’re welcome! They sure do. The color and the light are so vivid!

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GP Cox says:

October 19, 2020 at 6:17 pm

Indeed!

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