Levi "Chief" Chili sketch.

Levi "Chief" Chili of the New Mexico Costal Artillery drew this image while in the Philippines prior to the fall of Bataan.  Sketches like this were often engraved on mess kits and canteens using a sharp piece of metal or a nail to make the engraving.

 


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Levi "Chief" Chili sketch; manipulated photo by © Eric Shindelbower; image may not be reproduced without prior written permission of the photographer.

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