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Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Deuel, Austin, sculptor. Phippen Bear Paw Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Hill 881 South, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Dedicated Nov. 9, 1986. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. 1 in. (10 tons). Inscription:  (On front:) Vietnam Veterans Memorial/In honor of those men and women who served/our country during one of its most trying times (Front, proper right:) Hill 881 South/On April 30, 1967, one of the bloodiest Hill Battles of the Vietnam War took place at Hill 881 South. Over 50 United States Marines and over 300 North Vietnamese regulars lost their lives. This scene was taken from that battle, an incident vividly recalled by Austin Deuel, the artist. On January 3, 1986, John D. Baines commissioned Austin Deuel to sculpt "Hill 881 South" as a lasting tribute to all Vietnam combat veterans. Dedicated Sunday afternoon, November 9, 1986. (Proper left side: text of a poem entitled "Death at My Door" by David G. Rogers, 1st Lt, USMC) Phippen Bear Paw Bronze, Scottsdale, Az signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A fallen Marine with his helmet lying nearby is assisted by a Marine radio operator who checks his pulse and looks up, searching the sky for a medevac helicopter. The scene is a bronze recreation of an illustration by Marine illustrator Austin Deuel in which radioman Donald Hassock assisted a fellow Marine during the Tet Offensive on April 30, 1967. Subject:  History -- United States -- Vietnam War Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Architecture exterior -- Military -- Battlefield State of Being -- Illness -- Wound Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Antonio Sculpture Owner:  Auditorium Circle, East Martin Street, San Antonio, Texas Remarks:  IAS files include transcription of text on monument, including poem by David G. Rogers. Encased within monument is a compartment that contains a complete list of names, serial numbers, branches of military and dates of service of the men and women from San Antonio area who served in the Vietnam War. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, San Antonio survey, 1993. America's Battlefields & Memorials (a supplement to newsweeklies published by Army Times Publishing Co, Springfield, VA), June 24, 2002, pg. 41. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS TX000172   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000172 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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