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

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.

Date1947
MediumEtching/aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 16 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (41.9 × 33.7 cm)
Platemark: 9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.1 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michael T. Ricker
Object number2022.183.14
The Little Town Of San Vittore, Our First Obstacle In The Advance Toward Cassino, Was Stubbonly Defended And We Had To Fight From House To House To Clear the Germans Out Of Its Ruins.
The Little Town Of San Vittore, Our First Obstacle In The Advance Toward Cassino, Was Stubbonly Defended And We Had To Fight From House To House To Clear the Germans Out Of Its Ruins.
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
For Weeks - Until We Were Withdrawn - We Held The Northeast Corner Of The Town of Cassino, From The Old Jail Building To The Ruins Of The Castle, Clinging, Despite Heavy Losses To The Wrecked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For Weeks - Until We Were Withdrawn - We Held The Northeast Corner Of The Town of Cassino, From The Old Jail Building To The Ruins Of The Castle, Clinging, Despite Heavy Losses To The Wrecked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
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
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.
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.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
From The Mountain Above San Pietro One Could Look Down Upon San Vittore, Cervaro, Cassino - The German Defense Line Blocking The Way To Rome. We Went Into The Attack - The Long And Bloody Battle Of Cassino Was On.
From The Mountain Above San Pietro One Could Look Down Upon San Vittore, Cervaro, Cassino - The German Defense Line Blocking The Way To Rome. We Went Into The Attack - The Long And Bloody Battle Of Cassino Was On.
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
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
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
To Those Who Gave Their Lives
To Those Who Gave Their Lives
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
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
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