Fort Drum museum unveils exhibit showcasing WWII veteran's artwork
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWTI) – A new art exhibit at the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Museum is showing off the artwork of a division veteran from World War II.
Pfc. Arnold J. Roberts served with Company G, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment – one of three regiments that made up the division in the 1940s. His artwork captured key moments of the 10th Mountain Division's deployment to Italy. This ranged from the initial voyage aboard the U.S.S. West Point all the way to a post-war ski race on Mount Mangart on the border of Italy and Slovenia.
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I'm not an art connoisseur, but I was amazed by the exceptional details in the paintings. If you know even a little bit about the history of the 10th Mountain Division, you can look at these and kind of pick out some of the exact locations where they were in Italy.
Doug Schmidt, 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum curator
According to Schmidt, a Saranac Lake resident found the collection of watercolors and charcoal drawings inside an abandoned storage unit that he won at an auction.
After the artwork was donated to the museum, Schmidt started the process of accessioning the paintings as artifacts in the U.S. Army Center of Military History. He also worked with Keli Schmid, the archivist librarian in the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center at the Denver Public Library, to research the artist and the scenes he painted.
'Roberts earned a Bronze Star for his actions during the attack on Mount Belvedere,' Schmidt said. 'He had a passion for art his whole life, so after the war he went into advertising. We also learned that he came up to Whiteface Mountain, joined the Ski Patrol, and became a ski instructor.'
The display only covers half of the collection according to Schmidt. They selected artwork that best tells the 10th Mountain Division story in World War II.
The 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Museum is located in Bldg. 2509 on Col. Reade Road, off Route 26.
For more information, call (315) 774-0391, and visit https://history.army.mil/Army-Museum-Enterprise/Find-an-Army-Museum/10th-Mountain-Division-and-Fort-Drum-Museum or www.facebook.com/FortDrumMuseum.
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