Artists in the War.

Some of the young American men who served or lived in Europe during World War I later made their marks in various arts, particularly the writers who used their war experiences as creative material. Several artists with already-established reputations were involved in the war as well. Among those who interrupted successful careers for wartime service were comic actor Buster Keaton, songwriter Irving Berlin, vaudeville cowboy wit Will Ahern, and dancer Ted Shawn. The careers of dancer Vernon Castle and poets Joyce Kilmer and Alan Seeger ended when they became war casualties. Other artists were involved in a professional capacity. Photographer Edward Steichen supervised aerial photography for the U.S. Army. Short-story writer Ring Lardner was a war correspondent in France for Collier's magazine. John Singer Sargent, an American expatriate, served as the offical wartime painter for the British government....