1963 Print Howard Brodie WWII Art Medic Oliver Poythress Soldier Dud 88 Mortar Tobacciana - Tobacco Ads The antenna sticks above the

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at Hotel Astor in New York City on May 25th

Chicago was finally designated the official site and the Exposition was built on 630 acres in and around Jackson Park

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1963 Print Howard Brodie WWII Art Medic Oliver Poythress Soldier Dud 88 Mortar Tobacciana - Tobacco Ads The antenna sticks above theThis 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