This is Sad Sack Calling Charlie Blue

Painting

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Tom Lea Institute

This is Sad Sack Calling Charlie Blue, 1944. Oil on canvas, 20½ X 26½. Life Collection of Art WWII, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.: Two soldiers in camouflage uniforms are focused in a dense jungle, one holding a radio, the other checking a map
This is Sad Sack Calling Charlie Blue, 1944. Oil on canvas, 20½ X 26½. Life Collection of Art WWII, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Two soldiers in camouflage uniforms are focused in a dense jungle, one holding a radio, the other checking a map

Name/Title

This is Sad Sack Calling Charlie Blue

Description

Two soldiers in camouflage uniforms are focused in a dense jungle, one holding a radio, the other checking a map.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Oil on Canvas

Subject

Two soldiers

Subject Place

Region

Southeast Asia

Continent

Asia

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Tom Lea

Role

Painter

Date made

circa 1944

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

El Paso, Texas

Continent

North America

Location

Location

Collection

Collection of U.S. Army Center of Military History

Date

November 13, 2025

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Catherine Lea Weeks