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 majestic piece was specially commissioned to pay tribute to the US Airborne forces that took part in the liberation of Europe including D-Day, Operation Market Garden, and Bastogne. The prints in this historic edition have been personally signed by veterans of one of the most famous Airborne Divisions, the 101st Airborne, to make this a true collector’s gem.THE 101ST AIRBORNE EDITION – two print setEach print in this specially released edition is issued with a companion print of the superb pencil drawing ‘LONG HARD ROAD’. With eleven signatures on the main print and seven signatures on the companion print the edition is personally signed by a staggering total of EIGHTEEN veterans of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne, including thirteen members of the legendary 'Easy' Company:THE MAIN PRINTCpl BILL MAYNARD - E CompanyCpl HERB SUERTH - E CompanySgt ED TIPPER - E CompanyCol ED SHAMES - E CompanyPvt ED JOINT - E CompanyPvt BILL WINGETT - E CompanySgt BILL TRUE - F CompanyS/Sgt GEORGE KOSKIMAKI - Signal CompanyOps Sgt ED HALLOW - A CompanySgt DON BURGETT - A CompanyPvt PHIL PERUGINE - E CompanyTHE COMPANION PRINTT/Sgt PAUL ROGERS - E CompanyS/Sgt EARL McCLUNG - E CompanyPvt JAMES MARTIN - G CompanyPvt HANK ZIMMERMAN - E CompanySgt FRANK SOBOLESKI - E CompanySgt BUCK TAYLOR - E CompanyM/Sgt CLANCY LYALL - E CompanyThis print represents a staggering number of original 101st Airborne autographs that is of course now impossible to replicate, making it a truly historic edition and a ‘must have’ for WWII history enthusiasts and autograph collectors alike.