Added: Mar 11, 2011

From: ccsuvhp

Duration: 72:51

Interview conducted by Judi Houpert. Donald Moss joined the U.S. Marine Corps in February of 1942, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the time he had just finished art school in Boston, MA, and was working for a printing company. He attended basic training at Parris Island, SC, where he described the training as very rigorous. Moss then went to Guadalcanal, where he and others would go on patrols in enemy territory to scout out the placement of enemy troops. After the intense battle that took place in Guadalcanal, the Marines were sent on a 30-day furlough in Melbourne, Australia, and then sent on to Guam. Moss continued working for regimental intelligence in Guam, drawing battle maps for the invasion of Japan, which he did for the duration of the war. While there, he also made prints of his painting of the Battle of Guadalcanal, of which he sold hundreds of copies. It was also in Guam, where Moss worked under Capt. Gene Davis, who would later assist Moss with finding free-lance work with Colliers magazine after the war. He returned home when the war ended, but was not discharged until March of 1946. After his discharge he moved to New York City, where he went to Pratt Institute, and later became an illustrator for Sports Illustrated Magazine. Moss painted scenes from the Lake Placid Olympics and champion golf courses, among other things, which he did for 30 years, until his semi-retirement in 1984. He also became the Chairman and Vice President of the Society of Illustrators, Air Force Arts Program, a program that enabled military artists to travel throughout the world. Moss painted a number of scenes associated with this program, some of which are now hanging in the Pentagon.

Channel: Education

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