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C-47 "Band Of Brothers"
Signed by William Guarnere
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handcrafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden base. Dimensions are
12"(L) X 10"(H) X 18"(Wingspan) The C-47, the military version of the
DC-3, is still in use today, and is one of the most influential aircraft
in history. This "Band of Brothers" C-47 is signed by William "Wild
Bill" Guarnere, one of the original 140 members of Easy Company, 506th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. William Guarnere
joined Easy Company to fight in WW II. He made his first combat jump on
D-Day as part of the Allied Invasion of France. Guarnere earned the
nickname "Wild Bill" and lived up to it; he was terror on the
battlefield and had a reckless attitude towards the Germans. In his
recent autobiography entitled Beyond Band of Brothers; Memoirs of Major
Richard Winters, Richard Winters refers to two men in Easy Company as
being "natural killers": Ronald Spiers and Bill Guarnere. When making
those statements about both men, Winters says it in a way that reflects
respect, not in a negative manner. Guarnere received the Silver Star for
combat during the Brecourt manner Assault on D-Day, and was later
decorated with two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts, making him one of
the only two Easy Company members (the other being Lynn Compton) to be
awarded the Silver Star throughout the duration of the war while a
member of Easy. |
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C-47A Skytrain Olive Drab
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C-47 USAF 94TH Squadron
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C-47 Skytrain
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Introducing our latest military aircraft line, Postage Stamp models from Model Power. Each model is diecast with plastic parts. Scaled to box size, models range in size from 4" to 6" in length. Each model includes a labeled display stand. |
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| Books about the Douglas C-47 Skytrain | |
 C-47/R4D Skytrain Units of the Pacific and CBI - $20.95 from: Random House |
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 C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO - $22.95 from: Random House |
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