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After An Uneventful Crossing From Africa We Landed In Salerno Bay On D+10 Day.

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Artist Rudolph Charles von Ripper (American, b. Austria, 1905 - 1960)

After An Uneventful Crossing From Africa We Landed In Salerno Bay On D+10 Day.

Date1947

MediumEtching/aquatint

DimensionsSheet: 16 1/2 × 13 3/16 in. (41.9 × 33.5 cm)
Platemark: 9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.2 × 19.8 cm)

Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michael T. Ricker

Object number2022.183.3

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Proof For Etching #3 - After An Uneventful Crossing From Africa We Landed In Salerno Bay On D+10 Day.

Proof For Etching #3 - After An Uneventful Crossing From Africa We Landed In Salerno Bay On D+10 Day.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1946

In The Woods Sloping Down To The Rapido River, We Sat Around The Foxholes Awaiting The Orders For The Crossing.

In The Woods Sloping Down To The Rapido River, We Sat Around The Foxholes Awaiting The Orders For The Crossing.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947

In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.

In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947

Proof For Etching #23 - In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.

Proof For Etching #23 - In The Last Days Of April 1944 Came The Signal For The Attack - After Hard Fighting We Broke The German Resistance And The Second Big Push Was On.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1946

After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line, We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Along Bologna, Along Highway 65.

After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line, We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Along Bologna, Along Highway 65.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947

Proof For Etching #28 - After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Below Bologna, Along Highway 65

Proof For Etching #28 - After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Below Bologna, Along Highway 65

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1946

After We Had Been Relieved At Cassino And After A Short Rest Period, We Moved, Mostly On LST's, To The Anzio Beachhead.

After We Had Been Relieved At Cassino And After A Short Rest Period, We Moved, Mostly On LST's, To The Anzio Beachhead.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947

After We Had Cleared The Krauts Out Of San Vittore, Half-Starved Children, Who Had Been Hiding For Weeks In Cellars, Appeared In The Doorways, Begging For Food.

After We Had Cleared The Krauts Out Of San Vittore, Half-Starved Children, Who Had Been Hiding For Weeks In Cellars, Appeared In The Doorways, Begging For Food.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947

After The Bloody Battle For Monte Pantano We Moved Back Into Line At San Pietro. In The Ruins Of The Town Our Medics Set Up A First Aid Station.

After The Bloody Battle For Monte Pantano We Moved Back Into Line At San Pietro. In The Ruins Of The Town Our Medics Set Up A First Aid Station.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947

For Weeks - Until We Were Withdrawn - We Held The Northeast Corner Of The Town of Cassino, From The Old Jail Building To The Ruins Of The Castle, Clinging, Despite Heavy Losses To The Wrecked Buildings.

For Weeks - Until We Were Withdrawn - We Held The Northeast Corner Of The Town of Cassino, From The Old Jail Building To The Ruins Of The Castle, Clinging, Despite Heavy Losses To The Wrecked Buildings.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947

Purple Heart Valley - The Earth Along The Banks Of The Rapido River Was Soaked With The Blood Of Many Of Our Buddies Who Had Given Their Lives During The Crossing.

Purple Heart Valley - The Earth Along The Banks Of The Rapido River Was Soaked With The Blood Of Many Of Our Buddies Who Had Given Their Lives During The Crossing.

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.

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.

Rudolph Charles von Ripper

1947