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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.
In The Woods Sloping Down To The Rapido River, We Sat Around The Foxholes Awaiting The Orders For The Crossing.
Artist Rudolph Charles von Ripper (American, b. Austria, 1905 - 1960)

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

Date1947
MediumEtching/aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 16 9/16 × 13 3/16 in. (42.1 × 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 number2022.183.15
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Zero Hour Was 2 A.M. - Waist-Deep In The Fast-Flowing Water, We Crossed The Volturno River For The First Time Near Caiazzo.
Zero Hour Was 2 A.M. - Waist-Deep In The Fast-Flowing Water, We Crossed The Volturno River For The First Time Near Caiazzo.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
They Sat In The Shiphold And Played Cards Or Shot Craps.
They Sat In The Shiphold And Played Cards Or Shot Craps.
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
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