1963 Print WWII Japanese Prisoner Matanakau River Howard Brodie Art Guadalcanal XGKC3 War Department

War Department

This piece was illustrated by Benton

From Broken Hill to Kalgoorlie

" a poem by Owen Wister

A rifleman protected the two

1963 Print WWII Japanese Prisoner Matanakau River Howard Brodie Art Guadalcanal XGKC3 War DepartmentThis is an original 1963 halftone print of Allied soldiers taking a Japanese prisoner captive on the Horse's Neck Front. Also shown are wounded soldiers being taken down the Matanakau River. On the side on a log, is the three foot long lizard that Brodie was enthralled by. The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal, was fought in the Pacific theatre of World War II from August 7, 1942, to February 9, 1943 around the island of