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
Sergeant ED TIPPER
Private 1st Class BILL MAYNARD
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
Sergeant BILL TRUE
Private ED JOINT
Private WILLIAM “BILL” WINGETT
Staff Sergeant GEORGE KOSKIMAKI
Operations Sergeant EDWARD HALLOW
Sergeant DON BURGETT
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
Sergeant PAUL ROGERS
Sergeant EARL MCCLUNG
Private First Class HANK ZIMMERMAN
First Sergeant FRANK SOBOLESKI
JAMES H “PEE WEE” MARTIN
Sergeant AMOS “BUCK” TAYLOR
Master Sergeant CLARENCE “CLANCY” LYALL
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