Description
On Sunday 17 September 1944, the first day of Operation Market Garden, C-47 Dakotas of the 439th Troop Carrier Group dropped thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions into Holland, a hundred and fifty miles behind enemy lines. This daring operation, the largest airborne assault of World War II, aimed to capture and secure vital bridges in the Allies’ push towards the Rhine.
THE LIMITED EDITION
Each print is signed by THREE highly respected members of “Easy” Company, 506th P.I.R:
Corporal HERB SUERTH – E Company
Sergeant ED TIPPER – E Company
Private 1st Class BILL MAYNARD – E Company
THE COLLECTORS EDITION
This TEN signature edition is additionally signed by the following veterans of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
Colonel ED SHAMES – E Company
Sergeant BILL TRUE – F Company
Private ED JOINT – E Company
Private WILLIAM “BILL” WINGETT – E Company
Staff Sergeant GEORGE KOSKIMAKI – Signal Company
Operations Sergeant EDWARD HALLOW – A Company
Sergeant DON BURGETT – A Company
THE 101st AIRBORNE EDITION
Each print in this specially released edition is issued with a companion print of Robert’s superb pencil drawing LONG HARD ROAD depicting the men of the 101st Airborne preparing for their parachute drop into occupied territory on the eve of D-Day, June 1944. Each two print set is personally signed by a staggering EIGHTEEN veterans of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
Private PHIL PERUGINI – E Company
Sergeant PAUL ROGERS – E Company
Sergeant EARL MCCLUNG – E Company
Private First Class HANK ZIMMERMAN – E Company
First Sergeant FRANK SOBOLESKI – E Company
JAMES “PEE WEE” MARTIN – G Company
Sergeant AMOS “BUCK” TAYLOR – E Company
Master Sergeant CLARENCE “CLANCY” LYALL – E Company
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