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An LVT Comes Ashore, Saipan William Franklin Draper, 1944
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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.

πŸ›οΈ Part of history

World War II (1939–1945) β€” An LVT, a tracked amphibious vehicle, drives up a beach on Saipan in June 1944 during the fighting in the Pacific.

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About the artist

William Franklin Draper

1912–2003 Β· born in Hopedale

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.

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