The Road To The Rhine by Robert Taylor
Print Size: 33.1/2'' wide x 25.1/4'' high
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.
THIS OUTSTANDING NEW PIECE IS THE LONG AWAITED FOLLOW-UP TO TAYLOR’S CONCEPT DRAWING, RELEASED IN AUGUST 2008. THE EDITION IS PERSONALLY SIGNED BY VETERANS OF THE 506th P.I.R, 101st AIRBORNE THAT FOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE ALLIED LIBERATION OF EUROPE.
The Editions and Signatures
THE LIMITED EDITION
Each print is signed by THREE highly respected members of ‘Easy’ Company, 506th P.I.R:
- HERB ‘Jr’ SUERTH
- BILL MAYNARD
- ED TIPPER
THE COLLECTORS EDITION
This TEN signature edition is additionally signed by the following veterans of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
- ED SHAMES
- WILLIAM TRUE
- ED JOINT
- BILL WINGETT
- GEORGE KOSKIMAKI
- EDWARD HALLOW
- DON BURGETT
THE COLLECTORS EDITION REMARQUES
Each print in this exclusively limited edition will have an original pencil drawing inscribed in the border by the master of aviation art, Robert Taylor. Each ELEVEN signature Remarque carries the same signatures as the Collectors edition but is additionally signed by a further veteran of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
- PHIL PERUGINI
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’. Each two print set is personally signed by a staggering TWENTY ONE veterans of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne:
- PHIL PERUGINI
- PAUL ROGERS
- VINNIE VICARI
- EARL MCCLUNG
- HANK ZIMMERMAN
- FRANK SOBOLESKI
- JAMES "PEE WEE" MARTIN
- BUCK TAYLOR
- CLANCY LYALL
- ROD BAIN
- FRANK PERCONTE
