![Background: creamy vintage paper texture. Image: Painting of a red/white/blue hot air balloon with U.S. flags for wings. Text: 'Mail Call'](/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2023-05/mail-call-hero2.png?itok=M78ZQEpq)
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![Scan of a vintage envelope. A tank is painted in the corner, looming over silhouettes of soldiers running forward with bayonets.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/2012.60.3-mail-call.jpg)
He mailed these works to his son, sometimes with decorated envelopes arriving in batches, wherever Walter was – Kelley Field in San Antonio, Texas; U.S. Aviation Camp in Morrison, Virginia; or “somewhere” in France.
While serving, Walter kept his father’s art with him and safely cared for it throughout the war.
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![Scan of a vintage envelope. A painted cartoon camel wearing a fez runs across the front of the envelope. Text: 'Desert Tank'](/sites/default/files/2023-05/2012.60.32-mail-call.jpg)
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![Scan of a vintage envelope. Painted on the envelope is a figure of a Greek or Roman god seated on a throne. He's mostly naked, wearing winged sandals and a winged helmet. He holds a staff decorated with wings and winding snakes.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/2012.60.21-mail-call.jpg)
Today, John Ross Myers’s work speaks to viewers through the years, communicating both a unique artistic perspective of the war and a father’s love for his child.
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![Scan of a vintage envelope. Painted with a scene of a soldier holding a bunch of balloons standing in front of a large tent.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/2012.60.41-mail-call.jpg)