02468cam a2200361 4500 425409536 TxAuBib 20110701120000.0 110621s1994||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780929398761 0929398769 (OCoLC)30546879 TxAuBib Browning, John Gaitha. An Artist At War : The Journal Of John Gaitha Browning / John Gaitha Browing; edited by Oleta Stewart Toliver. Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 1994. Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 1994. xv ; 331 p. : ill (maps) ; 23 cm. War and the Southwest Series Includes index. John Gaitha Browning was a 30-year-old artist when he joined the Army, and he did not cease to be an artist just because he had become a soldier. The extraordinary journal he kept during his two years in the South Pacific records the plight of any artist at war: "We are a lonely lot who ignore so many things and dream of a day when we will be free to create beauty again.". Browning also brought to Army life his many years of experience (some while a Boy Scout) working among Native Americans, learning their lore and handiwork. Many entries in this journal are fascinating comparisons between them and the New Guinea and Philippine natives. Although his love of art and culture sometimes left him at odds with the youngest soldiers, he was determined to make a written and visual record of whatever "good and beautiful" he found amidst the confusion and destruction of war. The journals begin on February 6, 1943 in Fort Ord, California; cover Browning's journey to Australia aboard the U. S. Army Transport Willard A. Holbrook; his adventures in Brisbane and Cairns, and then New Guinea; and his combat experience in the Philippines during the spring and summer of 1945. 20110701. Browning, John Gaitha, 1913- Diaries. United States Army Biography. World War (1939-1945) Campaigns Pacific Area. World War (1939-1945) Personal Narratives, American. Pazifikkrieg (1914-1945.) Soldiers United States Diaries. Military. Toliver, Oleta Stewart. War and the Southwest Series. TXGID