time in service to a hospital unit during World War I. There he worked to serve wounded Italian, French, British and American soldiers. A letter he wrote to his mother was published in the Detroit Free Press in 1918 describing [the] shelling and his hopefulness that the tide was turning in the Allies favor over the Germans. The Central High School June class of 1918 and the alumni association requested Gamble paint a mural to commemorate the fallen classmates of Central High." Wayne State University, University Art Collection. "[Roy] Gamble saw action with the armed forces during WWI, yet never gave up his painting, nor did he lose his faith in his chosen path as a Jehovah's Witness. Finding joy in his art, faith in his beliefs, and fame and respect in his circle of artistic peers, Roy Gamble made a life for himself and touched the lives of those who knew him in the best of all possible worlds." Biographical highlights from the Scarab Bulletin, December 1960. Artist Roy C. Gamble died in his native Detroit in 1972 at age 84. See also Wayne State University Art Collection Smithsonian Archive of American Art Oral History Scarab Club Beam Signatures The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701–1922, Volume 4. Edited by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking; S.J. Clarke Publishing, 1922. References External links Joseph W. Gies Newspapers.com – Sunday, January 12, 1930; pg. 111. American illustrators American military personnel of World War I Artists from Detroit Military personnel from Detroit Culture of Detroit Michigan culture 1887 births 1972 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American male artists