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Atwater speaking at the dedication of a new Army Ordnance Corps parade ground in 2012. Atwater has served as a contributor to several books, including the Oxford Companion to American Military History (2000) on the topic of grenades, mortars, and land mines. [3] He also served as a technical advisor for the book Black Hawk Down. [4]
In 1992, the Army Staff Artist Program was attached to the United States Army Center of Military History. Army artists are a permanent part of the Museum Division's Collections Branch. [3] There are significant differences in the artwork created by the branches of the U.S. military: When you go over to the Air Force, the art is all airplanes.
Prior to enlisting in the regular Marine Corps, he was a member of the U.S. Army (1955–1957), the District of Columbia National Guard (1959–61), the U.S. Army Reserve (1961), and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (1961–63). He was discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve to accept a regular appointment in the Marine Corps, September 30, 1963.
Leland "Lou" Diamond (May 30, 1890 – September 20, 1951) was a notable member of the United States Marine Corps.He fought in France during World War I, served in China during the interwar period, and fought in the Guadalcanal campaign as a master gunnery sergeant during World War II in the 1st Marine Division, before retiring in 1945.
The Army assigned the military artists to other units and released the civilians. [citation needed] The effort to create a visual record of the American military experience in World War II was then taken up by the private sector in two different programs, one by Life magazine and one by Abbott Laboratories, a large
Soldiers of the American Revolution: A Sketchbook; H. Charles McBarron, Department of the Army, Center of Military History, Washington, D.C., 1976; Military Uniforms in America; John R. Elting and Michael J. McAfee (editors), illustrated by H Charles McBarron. published by Presidio Press, California (four volumes):
During the Vietnam Era, the U.S. Army Chief of Military History asked Marian McNaughton, then Curator for the Army Art Collection, to develop a plan for a Vietnam soldier art program. The result was the creation in 1966 of the U. S. Army Vietnam Combat Art Program under the direction of the Office of Chief of Military History and McNaughton's ...
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