1963 Print Howard Brodie WWII Art Medic Oliver Poythress Soldier Dud 88 Mortar Dental Medieval Knights

Medieval Knights

Washington Street

screenplay by Edwin Burke

Please note: There is an original center crease

This is an original 1930 monochrome in-text lithograph of an illustration by the Hungarian-born artist and illustrator

1963 Print Howard Brodie WWII Art Medic Oliver Poythress Soldier Dud 88 Mortar Dental Medieval KnightsThis 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