"On the Night Before"

This is James Dietz limited edition art print - "On the Night Before". Image Size: 25" x 16.875"Overall Size: 31" x 23.375" 250 Publisher Proof Edition On the Night BeforeAirborne Operations over Normandy on the night of 5-6 June, 1944. The Class of 2016 proudly presents the Command and General Staff College with an original oil painting honoring the 75th anniversary of airborne operations by featuring the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in 1944. In 1940, less than 45 days after the formation of a test platoon, the first Army paratroopers jumped into history as the first Americans to parachute from an aircraft in flight. By the end of 1941, two combat units, the 501st and 502d battalions, along with the first glider battalion, were organized and activated. Growing from a new idea to a capability which delivered powerful formations behind enemy lines, the parachute and glider carried American troops to combat in Algeria, Italy, France, Holland, Germany and the Philippines during Wor