Thursday, May 29, 2014

Howard Brodie



Howard Brodie




  • Title: Sketched this inside a dugout
  • Creator(s): Brodie, Howard, 1915-2010, artist
  • Date Created/Published: [between 1942 and 1943]
  • Medium: 1 drawing : graphite and crayon.
  • Summary: Drawing shows two privates, John Minihan of Rockford, Illinois on the right, and Sal de George of Manhattan on the left, kneeling to operate a machine gun from their dugout during the American offensive on Mt. Austen during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.


  • Title: Road to Kokumbona
  • Creator(s): Brodie, Howard, 1915-2010, artist
  • Date Created/Published: [between 1942 and 1943]
  • Medium: 1 drawing : graphite.
  • Summary: Sketch shows American soldiers in a jeep, seen from the rear, as they travel down the road to Kokumbona on Guadalcanal island, past abandoned Japanese field pieces during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.

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