The Navy Combat Art Program was founded in 1941 because of the persistence of Griffith Baily Coale, a well-known muralist. Believing that war imminent, Coale convinced top Navy commanders to send ...

Two historic portraits of the naval hero, including one depicting him dying at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 ... s Advisory Committee on Works of Art, it has resulted in the removal of Nelson ...

The author gratefully acknowledges and thanks Dr. John Hattendorf (Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History, U.S. Naval War College), Capt. Reinetta Van Eendenburg (analyst/writer, U.S. Navy), and ...