Drop Zone: St. Mere Eglise by Larry Selman Style:Framed Print - Normandy Edition With Brass Corners, UV Acrylic, Three Archival Mats in August and September of

in August and September of 1953

The subjects in this painting are representative of not only all the services of the U

ground forces and combat aviation assets

Joining artist Simon Smith every print has been personally signed by one of the great heroes of World War II:

Hancock was as striking and as gregarious a general as the Army of the Potomac ever had

Drop Zone: St. Mere Eglise by Larry Selman Style:Framed Print - Normandy Edition With Brass Corners, UV Acrylic, Three Archival Mats in August and September ofImage Size: 25"w x 15"h As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy Operation Overlord, three airborne divisions would be dropped behind enemy lines to sow confusion in the German rear and prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the beaches. The landing of paratroopers behind the Atlantic Wall on the night of June 6, 1944 would gain a strategic advantage to make the landing of the Allied forces successful. During 1944 there were frequent