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Last Rites for the Sergeant
Kerr
Eby #41
Charcoal, 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-DY
Bowed in a grief which breaks through
their traditional stoicism, Marines mourn the passing of their
beloved sergeant buried, not far from where he fell in jungle
combat. Numbers of humble graves like his line the long road toward
Pacific victory.
Bullets and Barbed Wire
Kerr
Eby #4
Charcoal, 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-CN
Both constituted tremendous barriers to victory in the bloody battle for Tarawa; but this Marine, rifle swung grimly in one hand, typifies the resurgent spirit of the thinned but indomitable ranks of the conquerors of the Gilberts. Past the brutal wire on which hung the bodies of his comrades the tattered Marine presses on toward the beach and the redoubts of the enemy.
Hauling the Sling Gently Over the Rail
Kerr
Eby #6
Charcoal, 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-CP
Last stage of the arduous trip back from the front lines is reached
for this casualty, being hoisted abroad a transport. Soon he will
be relaxing on a soft bunk, with skilled medical care and good
food in prospect during the voyage to a base hospital.
Tarawa No. II
Kerr
Eby #28
Charcoal & crayon, 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-DL
This is a view of the famous pier from the end of a branch at
the seaward end. During the whole of the battle there was never-ending
drama everywhere.
LST
Kerr
Eby #9
Charcoal, 1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-CS
At the edge of the reef at Tarawa there were more of them and
dozens of other craft disgorging their insides.
Long Thoughts
Kerr
Eby #31
Charcoal,1944
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-DO
The artist often wondered what the infantryman thought as he looked
over his handiwork. This Marine searched for water for his friends
on the still-smoking beach. The fight was still going on farther
down the island.
An LST Transports the Wounded
Joseph
Hirsch #17
Oil on canvas, circa 1943
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-FQ
An LST returns to the beach at Guadalcanal with litters and sitters
(stretcher cases and ambulatory cases) who are taken by ambulance
and truck to mobile hospitals. The Japanese planes in the foreground
have been brought back for salvage purposes.
On the Double
Joseph
Hirsch #14
Watercolor, circa 1943
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
88-159-FN
Seldom waiting for the cry of "Medic!," the Navy's litter
bearers attached to battalion aid stations serving the Marine
Corps are to be found in the thick of every shore engagement in
which the latter fights. Thanks in part to such men as those pictured
here, 97 out of every 100 Americans wounded in World War II conflict
are saved from death. These corpsmen carry morphine, plasma, and
sulfa drugs as a part of their regular equipment.
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