For civilians, imagining what it’s like to go to war is limited to what we see in photographs and what we hear in soldiers’ stories.
While we can try picture what many of these people dealt with, we’ll never really be able to see it through their eyes. However, one man’s drawings give us a glimpse into his wartime experiences. Before Victor A. Lundy became a renowned architect, he was a soldier in the U.S. 26th Infantry Division during World War II, and he even became a part of the Allied invasion of Normandy.
The then 21-year-old always had a sketchbook on him, in which he drew everyday scenes he encountered. What’s really special about the drawings is that they give one individual’s unique perspective of life on the battlefield. From training at Fort Jackson to being on the front lines in France, here is a small sampling of Lundy’s revealing sketches.
1. This sketch shows soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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