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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Holding the Tide by Richard Taylor. On 7 August 1942, just eight months after the dramatic events at Pearl Harbor, the United States First Marine Division stormed ashore on the island of Guadalcanal. It was the opening gambit of the land war in the Pacific. The painting depicts Captain Joe Foss as he leads the F4F Wildcats of VMF-121 back to Henderson Field after a day of desperate fighting against the Japanese in the skies over the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal in November 1942 - it would be another three months before the island was finally secured during which time Joe Foss would achieve an astonishing 26 victories to become the first American pilot to equal WW1 Ace Eddie Rickenbackers score. Item Code : DHM1887 Holding the Tide by Richard Taylor. - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Fortner, Leslie Vejtasa, Stanley Swede + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £60 £110.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT DOUBLE PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Tough as Nails by Stan Stokes. (C) for £220 - Save £55 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Holding the Tide by Richard Taylor. DHM1887 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING ARTIST PROOF Artist Proof edition of 25 prints SOLD OUT. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Fortner, Leslie Vejtasa, Stanley Swede Laird, Dean Swett, James E + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £135 SOLD OUT VIEW EDITION... PRINT Collectors edition of 70 prints SOLD OUT. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Fortner, Leslie Vejtasa, Stanley Swede Laird, Dean Swett, James E + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £135 SOLD OUT VIEW EDITION... PRESENTATION Medal of Honor Tribute edition of 10 prints. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Fortner, Leslie Vejtasa, Stanley Swede Laird, Dean Swett, James E Blanc, Jeff de (matted) Foss, Joseph J (matted) Galer, Bob (matted) Walsh, Kenneth A (matted) + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £305 £1095.00 VIEW EDITION... FLYER Promotional Flyer A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) none £2.00 VIEW EDITION... PRINT Limited edition of 25 remarques Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Fortner, Leslie Vejtasa, Stanley Swede Laird, Dean Swett, James E + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £135 £395.00 VIEW EDITION... REMARQUE Limited edition of 10 double remarques SOLD OUT. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Fortner, Leslie Vejtasa, Stanley Swede Laird, Dean Swett, James E + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £135 SOLD OUT VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

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Captain Stanley Swede Vejtasa USN (deceased) *Signature Value : £40	Commissioned in August 1939, Swede Vejtasas first combat assignment was in May 1942 whilst flying the SBD Dauntless with VS-5 aboard the USS Yorktown during the Battle of the Coral Sea. here he participated in the attack on the Japanese carrier Shoho, and flew anti-torpedo plane patrol, claiming three Zeroes. Switching to fighters with VF-10 flying the F4F Wildcat aboard the USS Enterprise he took part in the Battle of Santa Cruz, where he notched up 7 air victories on one flight in October. In March 1943 he flight-tested the new F4U Corsair in the combat zone. His final tally for the war was 11 aerial victories. He died on 23rd January 2013.
Commander Leslie Fortner USMC *Signature Value : £20	Joining the Navy in 1943, Les Fortner joined VC-88 flying Wildcats off the escort carrier USS Hoggatt Bay in the south west Pacific Theater. In early 1945 he flew in support of the landings at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Lingayen, destroying several Japanese aircraft on the ground. Les flew over 100 combat missions during the war, and in April 1945 he shot down a Kamikazi 'Nick' off Kerama Rhetto near Okinawa.