A patrol in action
1 drawing : crayon and graphite. | Drawing shows soldiers on patrol in the jungle during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. Study sketch of gun on right.
[Scene in a Guadalcanal foxhole near the front at midnight]
1 drawing : crayon, graphite, and ink. | Drawing shows a soldier on patrol in a foxhole covered by canvas on the Horse's Neck front during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. The patrol sits with his rifle on his lap, aimed at an opening in the canvas. The legs and feet of another soldier are to the right.
Contributor:
Brodie, Howard
Date:1943-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
[What a jungle trail at the front looks like]
1 drawing : crayon and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows a soldier armed with a rifle leading three Solomon Island natives through trees in a jungle on the island of Guadalcanal.
Sketched on a C-47 transport from New Caledonia to Espiritu Santo, Dec. 42
1 drawing : graphite and crayon. | Sketch shows soldiers and officers in a C-47 transport airplane flying in the South Pacific from the French territory of New Caledonia to the Vanuatu island of Esp ritu Santo, the site of a large United States air base during World War II. Howard Brodie covered the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal for Yank magazine.
Road to Kokumbona
1 drawing : graphite. | 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.
Guadalcanal
1 drawing : graphite and crayon. | Two study sketches of soldiers in conversation during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. The soldier on the left wears a hat, long-sleeved shirt, and rolled up trousers. The soldier on the right, seen from behind, wears a helmet, and cut-off shirt and trousers.
[Gunner in a airplane bomber]
1 drawing : crayon. | Drawing shows a gunner from behind, kneeling in an airplane bomber during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.
Contributor:
Brodie, Howard
Date:1943-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
Top turret B-17
1 drawing : crayon, ink and graphite. | Drawing shows a gunner, from behind, standing in the turret of an airplane bomber during World War II. He is visible from the shoulders down and nude from the waist up. Howard Brodie was the staff artist for Yank magazine during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 and 1943.
Contributor:
Brodie, Howard
Date:1943-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
Rd. to Kokumbona a GI passes a roadside grave moving up
1 drawing : graphite. | Drawing shows an American soldier, from behind, paying his respects at a grave on the road to Kokumbona during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. An piece of abandoned artillery is to his left. There are study sketches of rifles and helmets above.
[Execution]
1 print : photomechanical. | Reproduction of drawing shows a German soldier who had been posing as an American GI executed in Germany during World War II.
Contributor:
Brodie, Howard
Date:1945-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
[Taking a break]
1 print : photomechanical. | Reproduction of drawing shows an American soldier resting against a fence post in Germany during World War II.
Contributor:
Brodie, Howard
Date:1945-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
[Squad leader]
1 print : photomechanical. | Reproduction of drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of American soldier, S/Sgt. Elwin Miller, wearing his helmet as he smokes a cigarette in Germany during World War II.
Contributor:
Brodie, Howard
Date:1945-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
[Head wound]
1 print : photomechanical. | Reproduction of drawing shows an American soldier grasping his head as he drops his rifle and runs under combat in Germany during World War II.