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They Sat In The Shiphold And Played Cards Or Shot Craps.
They Sat In The Shiphold And Played Cards Or Shot Craps.
They Sat In The Shiphold And Played Cards Or Shot Craps.
Artist American, b. Austria, 1905 - 1960

They Sat In The Shiphold And Played Cards Or Shot Craps.

Date1947
MediumEtching/aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 16 5/8 × 13 1/4 in. (42.2 × 33.7 cm)
Platemark: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michael T. Ricker
Object number2022.183.2
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In The Woods Sloping Down To The Rapido River, We Sat Around The Foxholes Awaiting The Orders For The Crossing.
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1947
Snow Came. Mortars, Artillery, and Night Patrols Played the Dominant Part of the Fighting During Those Long, Static Winter Months.
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Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
To Those Who Gave Their Lives
To Those Who Gave Their Lives
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
After An Uneventful Crossing From Africa We Landed In Salerno Bay On D+10 Day.
After An Uneventful Crossing From Africa We Landed In Salerno Bay On D+10 Day.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
G-2 Section Of Division HQ, Like Most Sections, Operated From A Truck With A Lean-To.
G-2 Section Of Division HQ, Like Most Sections, Operated From A Truck With A Lean-To.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
To Slow Down Our Advance The Krauts Blew All The Bridges; Within A Few Hours The Engineers Replaced Them With Bailey Bridges. We Crossed The Calore River At Benevento.
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Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
Zero Hour Was 2 A.M. - Waist-Deep In The Fast-Flowing Water, We Crossed The Volturno River For The First Time Near Caiazzo.
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Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
We Came Upon The First Case Of Atrocities Committed By The Germans In And Around Caiazzo. In The Nearby Woods We Found The Bodies Of Four Girls, Who Had Been Raped And Then Beaten And Kicked To Death.
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Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
The Olive Trees Were Our Best Friends And Our Worst Enemies; They Gave Us Cover, But Also Protected The Enemy.
The Olive Trees Were Our Best Friends And Our Worst Enemies; They Gave Us Cover, But Also Protected The Enemy.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
Front-Line Communications Was One Of The Toughest Jobs.. Night and Day The Battalion Wire Men Worked To Keep The Lines In Operation.
Front-Line Communications Was One Of The Toughest Jobs.. Night and Day The Battalion Wire Men Worked To Keep The Lines In Operation.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
At Dawn Our Patrols Went Out To Look For The Enemy, Feel Out His Positions. One Never Knew If Death Were Not Lurking Behind The Walls Of The Wrecked Houses.
At Dawn Our Patrols Went Out To Look For The Enemy, Feel Out His Positions. One Never Knew If Death Were Not Lurking Behind The Walls Of The Wrecked Houses.
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1947
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Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
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