An LVT Comes Ashore, Saipan
William Franklin Draper Β· 1944
Why it's great
An LVT, a tracked amphibious vehicle, drives up a beach on Saipan in June 1944 during the fighting in the Pacific. William F. Draper was a US Navy combat artist who went into battle with the troops.
ποΈ Part of history
World War II (1939β1945) β An LVT, a tracked amphibious vehicle, drives up a beach on Saipan in June 1944 during the fighting in the Pacific.
Where to see it
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William Franklin Draper was an American painter born in Hopedale, Massachusetts, in 1912. He was a combat artist for the US Navy in World War II and later a portrait painter in California. He died in 2003.

