Updated April 4th, 2009.
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THE ROAD TO THE RHINE
by
Robert Taylor
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 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
450 signed & numbered prints UK£ 200
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
350 Collectors Edition with TEN signatures UK£ 265
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 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
125 101st Airborne Edition with TWENTY ONE signatures UK£ 465
25 Artist Proofs with TWENTY ONE signatures UK£ 565
Overall Print Size: 33.1/2'' wide x 25.1/4'' high
Companion Print Size: 23.1/8'' wide x 15.1/2'' high.
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