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Historical Art Work

World War II: European Theater of Operations



Click for a larger image; Lawrence Beall Smith, Fireside Comfort, England, 1944. Wounded airmen huddle around a stove at an English airbase.

Lawrence Beall Smith, Fireside Comfort, England, 1944. Wounded airmen huddle around a stove at an English airbase.

Click for a larger image; Lawrence Beall Smith, The Man Without a Gun, Normandy, 1944.

Lawrence Beall Smith, The Man Without a Gun, Normandy, 1944.

Click to enlarge; Lawrence Beall Smith, The Quick and the Dead, St Lo, 1944. A jeep ambulance speeds towards a Collecting Station.

Lawrence Beall Smith, The Quick and the Dead, St Lo, 1944. A jeep ambulance speeds towards a Collecting Station.

Click to enlarge; Lawrence Beall Smith, Normandy Victory Cargo, Normandy, 1944. When the D-day transports returned to England they carried wounded away from the beach-heads.

Lawrence Beall Smith, Normandy Victory Cargo, Normandy, 1944. When the D-day transports returned to England they carried wounded away from the beach-heads.

Click to enlarge; Lawrence Beall Smith, Normandy Sabbath, Normandy, 1944. Digging in next to a church near St. Lo.

Lawrence Beall Smith, Normandy Sabbath, Normandy, 1944. Digging in next to a church near St. Lo.