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 Sergeant Jake McNiece *Signature Value : £25 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 225 prints. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Airborne edition of 145 prints. | McNiece, Jake (Sergeant Jake McNiece) The unofficial leader of the Filthy Thirteen, Jake McNiece was the inspiration for the Mohawk haircuts and war paint that the men wore on D-Day. He survived four combat jumps during WWII |
 Private 1st Class Jack Wormer *Signature Value : £25 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 225 prints. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Wormer, Jack (Private 1st Class Jack Wormer) Joining the Filthy Thirteen before D-Day he was the best shot in the unit. Separated on the D-Day drop he initially fought alongside the 501st PIR before being reunited with his company. |
 Lt Col James Maggie Megellas (deceased) Died : 2020 *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Megellas, James (Lt Col James Maggie Megellas (deceased)) Commander of H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR, 'Maggie' Megellas was the most decorated officer in the 82nd Airborne Division. After serving in Italy, where he was twice wounded, Megellas fought in Normandy before taking part in Operation Market Garden where he led his company in the crossing of the River Waal near Nijmegen. For bravery he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest gallantry award. He fought with great distinction in the Battle of the Bulge, and on 28th January, whilst advancing into the town of Herresbach, his company succeeded in killing and capturing a large number of Germans. He single handedly destroyed a German tank with grenades before they seized the town, without losing a man. He was nominated for the Medal of Honor, but the account was never included in the official report. He died on 2nd April 2020. |
 Sgt Bob Bearden (deceased) Died : 2009 *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Bearden, Bob (Sgt Bob Bearden (deceased)) Bob was the leader of H Company mortar squad, 507th PIR, attached to the 82nd Airborne. The 507th arrived over Normandy two hours later than other airborne units without the element of surprise. Massive anti-aircraft fire and dense cloud caused them to have the worst drop of all, with most sticks missing their drop zones, stranded in isolated groups, or with their drop zone flooded by the Germans. Bob Bearden fought with a group of about 50 troopers from various units, taking the small town of Fresville, before being forced to retire due to overwhelming odds. In a brave action which left 20 Germans dead in his wake, Bob was captured by the Germans and then taken prisoner. He was freed by Russians in late December 1944. He died in September 2009. |
 Sgt Milton Schlesener (deceased) Died : 2019 *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Schlesener, Milton (Sgt Milton Schlesener (deceased)) Milton Schlesener served with D Company, 505th PIR, and participated in an amazing four combat jumps from D-Day with the 505th Regiment. He served with the 82nd Airborne all the way from Normandy to Germany, and the end of the war. He died on 28th March 2019. |
 Sergant Ed Tipper (deceased) Died : 2017 *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Tipper, Ed (Sergant Ed Tipper (deceased)) Ed Tipper volunteered for the paratroopers and was assigned to Easy Company, 101st Airborne. He made his first jump into Normandy on D-Day. Fighting in Carentan, he was hit by a mortar shell and badly injured. His right eye was damaged, and later removed completely, while both his legs were broken. He was first sent to England then repatriated to the United States. When I came out of the Army I walked with a cane and wore an eye patch. The thing I remember most was the tremendous response of everybody I met to do everything they could do to show support for the military. Maybe the support felt exaggerated to me because I had clearly been shot up and wounded. Whenever I ate at a restaurant I went to the cashier and there was almost never a bill. Or the waitress nodded her head and said, 'A gentleman over at that table has paid.' Of course I was home a year ahead of everybody else. But that sort of thing happened to me a lot. He died on 1st February 2017. |
 Private 1st Class Bill Maynard *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Maynard, Bill (Private 1st Class Bill Maynard) Born in 1923, Bill Maynard enlisted into the 101st Airborne Division in 1942, completing his training with Easy Company at camp in Toccoa, Georgia. Posted to Europe, Bill completed his combat training prior to D-Day, and jumped with the rest of Easy Company into Normandy on D-Day itself. He was wounded in heavy fighting shortly afterwards, receiving the Purple Heart, but continued to fight on. An experienced marksman with pistol, rifle and machine-gun, he fought with Easy Company throughout Normandy, into Holland, at Bastogne, and into southern Germany at the end of the war. |
 First Sergeant Frank Soboleski *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Soboleski, Frank (First Sergeant Frank Soboleski) Joining the Army in 1943, Frank Soboleski parachuted into Holland in September 1944 as part of the 101st Airbornes reserve unit, ready to help if the first two units needed it - they did. Franks unit, Easy Company, was next in combat at Bastogne; surrounded by Germans in the freezing cold for a month. The company then moved on to Haguenau in France, and finally to Berchtesgaden in southern Germany when the war ended. Frank remained in southern Germany and Austria for another six months and was discharged in January 1946. |
  Corporal Herb Jr Suerth (deceased) Died : 2017 *Signature Value : £45 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | Suerth, Herb (Corporal Herb Jr Suerth (deceased)) 18 year old Herb Suerth enlisted as a volunteer for the Reserve Engineer Corps on 11th November 1942, but after a change of heart in 1944 he was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, beginning parachute school training in August that year. After final combat training in Holland, Herb was trucked into Bastogne in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge, also fighting in Foy. On 9th January 1945 Herb was wounded by artillery fire and his legs were severely injured but ultimately saved. He was shipped out of England and back to the US on 8th April 1945. He died on 14th October 2017. |
  Sergeant William True (deceased) Died : 2017 *Signature Value : £50 Editions signed : Airborne edition of 145 prints. | True, William (Sergeant William True (deceased)) Bill True served with the 506th Parachute Regiment which was attached to the 101st Airborne. He took part in the initial parachute drop into France with the 101st on D-Day, and by the end of the day they were in control of the high ground overlooking the invasion beach. Bill made his second combat drop with the 101st near Eindhoven during Operation Market Garden, before, in December 1944, finding himself in the thick of the action defending the town of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, where the 506th defended the eastern perimeter section of the town. Advancing into Germany, the 506th's final mission of the war was the capture of Hitler's Eagle Nest at Berchtesgaden on 4th - 5th May 1945. He died on 20th March 2017. |
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