From a run - in with Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in
Texas to heroic acts during World
War II (rescuing soldiers and concentration
camp prisoners alike), the early days
of Weldon's life are — in a word — epic.
He served in the Ethiopian campaign and in World
War II, Following his unit's May 1943 capture in Tunisia he began painting in 1944 in a Texas prisoner - of - war ca
War II, Following his unit's May 1943 capture in Tunisia he began painting in 1944 in a
Texas prisoner -
of -
war ca
war camp.
Trained in medicine, he served as a doctor in North Africa during World
War Two, but was taken prisoner in 1943 and interned in a prisoner - of - war camp in Hereford, Texas, where he first began to pai
War Two, but was taken
prisoner in 1943 and interned in a
prisoner -
of -
war camp in Hereford, Texas, where he first began to pai
war camp in Hereford,
Texas, where he first began to paint.