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Casselli later recalled, "ithin three days of my arrival, I was knee-deep in war. I had to be a Marine first just to survive." Despite the hardship of war, Casselli was able to depict soldiers and scenes of war in pencil sketches and paintings during his combat tour, artwork that is now
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After being discharged from the Marine Corps in 1970, Casselli returned to New
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After his return from combat, Casselli chose watercolor as his medium to reconnect with his native city, particularly focusing his attention on the life of
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