1963 Print Howard Brodie WWII Art Medic Oliver Poythress Soldier Dud 88 Mortar RM4 Acadia was a colony of

Acadia was a colony of New France in the 17th century which is now Nova Scotia

At the time it was the most powerful of the Russian navy

27 x 18 cm

The finished block was then often locked-up in a chase with text and this composite was then used to create a thin metal replica called a stereotype

Fighter Pilot

1963 Print Howard Brodie WWII Art Medic Oliver Poythress Soldier Dud 88 Mortar RM4 Acadia was a colony ofThis is an original 1963 halftone print of an 88 dud landing behind a medic named Oliver Poythress in Germany (Deutschland). Brodie wrote on the subject, "During the 88 barrage, a dud landed in front of a platoon sergeant, spraying him with dirt. Another ricocheted over the 300 operator and one landed behind a medic. GIs described the duds when we rehashed the attack afterwards." Poythress had stopped a GI from throwing a grenade into a supposed enemy