A World War II Story Thru Sketches

Explore a World War II story through S. Sgt. Jacob John de Vries’ sketches of people, landscapes and churches in France, Austria and Germany in 1944-45. de Vries served in the US Army 103rd Infantry (Cactus) division in Europe and First Allied Air Bourne Army occupying forces in Berlin. Even before his formal art training, he was always sketching, including during his four years in the Army. The presenter and storyteller is John’s daughter, Janet de Vries, who lives in Casper, Wyoming and is retired from Casper College. This lecture includes her travels to France to locate some of the sites her father sketched.