Pencil drawing of two American soldiers helping to carry another wounded soldier : Art 1945.

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Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Summary:

Description: Pencil on paper, 7 ¼" x 5", mounted on cardboard. Pencil drawing of two American soldiers helping to carry another wounded soldier; 94th Infantry Division patch clearly visible on one soldier's sleeve. Titled variously "One Hit, Three Leave" and "One Man Hit, Three Go". Donor's description of piece: "In the totally cold objectivity of war, soldiers tried to wound and not always kill. It then required two men to carry out the wounded to attention. Dead soldiers were left where they died, to be picked up later. Simple logic dictated that the more wounded carried away from the action had resulted in less men the enemy had to fight"; Donor's description on back of cardboard mount: "Much of war is "bottom-lint", when a wounded man is unable to walk, two men carry him to an aid station. This leaves their unit weaker by three. If a man is killed, his body remains alone, leaving the unit with one less. I believe German armaments were designed to wound rather than to kill." Location of drawing ETO; created in ETO. Signed by "W. A. Foley, Jr.".

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Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).