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Col John W. Thomason, Jr., USMC
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Acquisition Number: 2012.1068.1
Medium: Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper
Status: Reproduction Available - Click Here
This watercolor was used by Thomason for the frontispiece of his book Fix Bayonets! Thomason used swirling shades of blue and sharp outlines for the figures; his washes of white conveyed the eerie night sky as flares were shot into the sky, illuminating the landscape. In the book, Thomason, writes: “That night, lying in its shallow, hastily dug holes, the remnant of the battalion descended through further hells of shelling.”
National Museum of the Marine Corps
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