Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan

Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan
by Chris Collingwood

"You have a rendezvous with destiny!" – promised Major Gen William Lee to his men as the 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 15 August 1942. And the first place they kept that rendezvous was Normandy.
This dramatic new limited edition by Chris Collingwood, one of Britain’s foremost figure artists, portrays the men of Easy Company as they fight their way through the bullet-swept streets of Carentan. Facing the enemy in close combat house-to-house street fighting, the paratroopers relentlessly pounded the enemy until the last vestiges of German resistance were overwhelmed and the objective taken. But for the men of Easy Company and the 101st Airborne, this action is just the beginning of their distinguished but savage war. Others will follow: the liberation of the first Dutch city, Eindhoven; the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge; and ultimately, the capture of Hitler’s ‘Eagles Nest’ at Berchtesgaden.

Overall size: 25" x 30"

Available in the following editions

500	Limited edition	Signed by five Easy Company veterans	$255
50	Artist's proof	As above	$385

The signatures
Cpl. Herb Suerth	PFC Bill Wingett	1Sgt. Frank Soboleski
Col. Ed Shames	Cpl. Bill Maynard