Following graduation he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the US Army and served 22 months at Sacramento Army depot managing the Zero Defects program and the Officers club, before being chosen for the Vietnam Combat Artists Program's first Combat Art Team sent to Vietnam in July 1966.
As officer in charge of Team One, he was responsible for choosing locations to visit, arranging transportation and explaining the team's mission to Public Information Officers throughout the country.
Wehrle designed the unofficial combat art pin later adopted by other teams.
Team One artists were : John Wehrle, Roger Blum, Paul Rickert, Robert Knight and Ronald Pepin.
Felix Sanchez joined the team in Hawaii.
Following two months of sketching and photographing in various provinces with different units, Team One was flown to Hawaii and given warehouse studio space at Schofield Barracks to create finished paintings of their experience for the Army's Military History Division.
He then returned to Sacramento Army Depot to serve the final months of his service.
Following graduation he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the US Army and served 22 months at Sacramento Army depot managing the Zero Defects program and the Officers club, before being chosen for the Vietnam Combat Artists Program's first Combat Art Team sent to Vietnam in July 1966. As officer in charge of Team One, he was responsible for choosing locations to visit, arranging transportation and explaining the team's mission to Public Information Officers throughout the country. Wehrle designed the unofficial combat art pin later adopted by other teams. Team One artists were : John Wehrle, Roger Blum, Paul Rickert, Robert Knight and Ronald Pepin. Felix Sanchez joined the team in Hawaii. Following two months of sketching and photographing in various provinces with different units, Team One was flown to Hawaii and given warehouse studio space at Schofield Barracks to create finished paintings of their experience for the Army's Military History Division. He then returned to Sacramento Army Depot to serve the final months of his service.
John O. Wehrle