Marine Corps Combat Art

"Go to war, do art." - Brigadier General Robert Denig, 1942

The Marine Corps Combat Art Program began in World War II to show Americans what their Marines were doing at home and overseas. Today the National Museum of the Marine Corps manages the collection. Pick an era below to open its album.

Galleries by Era

• Museum collection sampler (15 images)

• Continental Marines, 1775-1783 (13) - Col. Charles Waterhouse

• Marines 1778-1917 (22) - Waterhouse, Tom Lovell, John Clymer, Donna Neary

• Civil War (51)

• World War I (191) - Col. John W. Thomason Jr., Claggett Wilson, Harvey Dunn, Kerr Eby

• China Marines (32) - Col. John W. Thomason Jr.

• Inter-War Period (43) - Col. John W. Thomason Jr.

• World War II (57) - Kerr Eby, Tom Lovell, Hugh Laidman, Donald Dickson

• Korea (40) - Hugh Cabot, John Groth, Charles Waterhouse

• Vietnam (87) - James Butcher, Peter Michael Gish, Henry Casselli

• Grenada, Beirut, Somalia (24) - John T. Dyer, Peter Michael Gish

• Iraq and Afghanistan (81) - Michael D. Fay, Kristopher Battles, Elize McKelvey

Museum Combat Art Program