We Treated Them All The Same by Simon Smith signed by a 101st Airborne Veteran for Sale

We Treated Them All The Same by Simon Smith signed by a 101st Airborne Veteran For Sale

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We Treated Them All The Same by Simon Smith signed by a 101st Airborne Veteran:
$160.00

Commemorating an inspirationalevent during the D-Day Invasion

WE TREATED THEM ALL THE SAMEby Simon Smith

ANGOVILLE-AU-PLAIN, 6 JUNE 1944

IN HONOR AND IN RECOGNITION OF
ROBERT E.WRIGHT
KENNETH J. MOORE
MEDICS 2nd Bn 501 PIR
101st AIRBORNE DIVISION

FOR HUMANE AND LIFE-SAVING CARE
RENDERED TO 80 COMBATANTS AND A CHILD
IN THIS CHURCH
IN JUNE 1944

These simple words, carved into a stone memorial outside the ancient church at Angoville-au-Plain, a small hamlet six miles south-west of Utah Beach in Normandy, recall the heroic actions that took place.

In the early hours of 6 June 1944 two medics from the 101st Airborne – Kenneth Moore and Robert Wright – arrived to find themselves in the middle of a confused and savage firefight. Undeterred by the fighting around them the two men immediately set up a field dressing-station in the little village church to treat the growing numbers of wounded.

In an act of true humanity within the brutality of war, the two medics insisted on treating every wounded soldier brought here equally, regardless of the uniform they wore.

There was, however, one simple rule. No guns were to be brought inside the church. When two German paratroopers burst through the doors, machine-guns raised, the medics simply stared them straight in the eye and nodded down to the young German soldier they were treating. The two enemy paratroopers immediately understood. Both saluted and withdrew.By the time the fighting was over, all but three of the 80 wounded had survived.THE LIMITED EDITION SIGNATURE
This unique and historically important printis personally autographed by “Art” Petersen, who jumped on D-Day with the 101st Airborne and was involved in the fire-fight at Angoville:

Private 1st ClassARTHUR “ART”PETERSEN -Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR

This is a truly unique and memorable print that will inspire enthusiasts and military art collectors alike, an piece to be treasured as a reminder of one of the most inspirational stories to come out of D-Day and the battle for Normandy.

Please note:The prints in my store are hand-signed by the veterans involved in thepainting so the signatures are original autographs and not reproductions.

The certificate of authenticity is included.

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