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The Lost Barracks Murals of Ardmore Army Air Field<\/strong><\/h1>\n

A Hidden Gallery of WWII Soldier Art (1942\u20131945)<\/em><\/h3>\n
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A Time Capsule Behind the Walls<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the early 1940s, a young soldier living in a wooden barracks at Ardmore Army Air Field picked up a brush and began painting directly onto the sheetrock walls. He painted what he knew: the humor, boredom, fear, absurdity, and camaraderie of military life during World War II.<\/p>\n

When the war ended and units rotated out, the murals were covered, forgotten, and eventually sealed behind new walls. For nearly seventy years, they sat in darkness \u2014 preserved by accident, waiting for someone to find them.<\/p>\n

In 2012, during work at the old Ardmore Airpark, the murals were discovered between the studs. Volunteers and museum staff carefully removed the fragile sheetrock, piece by piece, revealing a hidden gallery of soldier\u2011made art.<\/p>\n

These murals are not official military illustrations.
They are not propaganda.
They are not polished or commissioned.<\/p>\n

They are the private humor and lived experience of a soldier who left his mark on a place he knew he might never see again.<\/p>\n

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Pictures courtesy of Greater Southwest Historical Museum<\/p>\n

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