Born in New York City, Victor Lundy began drawing as a child and eventually attended New York University to study architecture. Excited about the opportunity to help rebuild Europe after the war, he enlisted in the Army Special Training Program (ASTP) in 1942 at the age of 19. But he quickly found himself thrown into the infantry.
Serving as a soldier in the U.S. 26th Infantry Division, Lundy sketched his way through the war. He drew whatever was around him, which included men at rest, casualties, forced marches, and French villages.
When a surgeon noticed his sketches while Lundy was being treated for wounds, Lundy was asked to sketch a new medical procedure that the surgeon was developing. This assignment allowed Lundy to miss eight months on the front lines that proved dangerous for the other soldiers involved, and may have saved his life.
During his experience at war, Lundy filled up more than 24 small spiral-bound sketchbooks, three inches by five inches in size, with drawings. Eight of those sketchbooks have survived. He donated them to the Library of Congress in 2009. The sketchbooks contained a total of 158 pencil drawings.
This is just one sketch from Lundy.
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