Tag: Hue
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01 Work, The art of War, Samuel Hirszenberg’s The Black Banner, with Footnotes
The painting shows the funeral of a hassidic rabbi, but simultaneously refers the viewer back to The Wandering Jew in the depiction of “the fearful eyes and bedazzled look among the mourners.” This painting “highlights Hirszenberg’s merging of the symbolic with the realistic, and alludes once again the angst of life in exile and eternal…
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01 Work, The art of War, John Olson’s Wounded Marines being evacuated during the Battle of Hue in February 1968, with Footnotes
The fighting in Hue City, Vietnam, was as intense and confusing as anything the Marines there had ever seen. It was mid-February 1968, and American and South Vietnamese forces were desperately trying to counter a surprise onslaught that became known as the Tet offensive. First Battalion, Fifth Marines had breached the city’s historic Citadel. Radio…
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