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Simon Smith


Sainte Mere Eglise

Price:  $165
Item#:  93302

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The small town of Sainte-M?re-?glise, at the foot of the Cotentin peninsula, is just five miles inland from Utah Beach, the most westerly of the five assault beaches for D-Day and critical to the AlliesÆ right flank. The town lay beside the main highway from Paris that ran north from Carentan to the port of Cherbourg, and which provided a vital link to any German forces engaged in the defence of the area. Vital to ensuring a successful landing on Utah, the task of securing the town and road together with the nearby railway line and bridges over the River Merderet, was given to one of the best units in the US Army u the battle-hardened paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division.

In the early hours of 6 June 1944, after a widely scattered drop, some in the DivisionÆs 505th PIR found themselves landing right in the heart of the town, caught in the glowing light cast by a burning building. With the white silk of their parachutes clearly visible, many of the men hanging defencelessly beneath them were easy targets. The casualty rate was high but, after regrouping with other units, the men of the 82nd attacked in a ferocious assault and a fierce firefight with the German defenders soon erupted. By dawn it was over and with the capture of the town the Stars and Stripes now flew over Sainte-M?re-?glise.

The scene is superbly illustrated in Simon SmithÆs dramatic piece,

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Joining artist Simon Smith in individually signing each print in the limited edition are two veterans who fought with 82nd Airborne at Sainte-M?re-?glise.

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