BAD DOG

8 x 6 inch ink drawing by George C. Clark    National Veterans Art Museum Collection

A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE MOTHER'S DAY GROUND ATTACK, ONE OF THE DOGS THAT USED TO SCROUNGE AROUND BRAVO BATTERY'S COMPOUND FOR SCRAPS SHOWED UP WITH A HUMAN HAND IT HAD APPARENTLY SCAVENGED OFF THE BATTLEFIELD BEFORE THE VC CASUALTIES WERE BURIED.

Comment:
A 50 caliber round is half an inch in diameter.  If one hits you in the shoulder, your arm flies off.  If one hits your neck, your head comes off.  If two or three are laced across your midsection, your torso is cut in half.  We saw ample examples of these effects on the VC bodies left in our wire.  Blood trails further out showed that the VC had dragged away many more casualties.

This drawing was on exhibit at the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago in the exhibition TENACITY AND TRUTH: PEOPLE, PLACES AND MEMORIES.  This show, drawn from works in the Museum's permanent collection, was up for about a year, from about Memorial Day 2013 to Memorial Day 2014.