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

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.

Date1947
MediumEtching/aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 16 9/16 × 13 1/8 in. (42.1 × 33.3 cm)
Platemark: 9 15/16 × 7 3/4 in. (25.2 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michael T. Ricker
Object number2022.183.16
To Those Who Gave Their Lives
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947