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IN THE BOCAGE
In late June 1944 soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division fight their way through the fields, hedgerows and lanes of Normandy.
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Original painting and prints available here: https://t.co/8bjo7xE19h
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Here’s a detail of the finished painting.
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LATE INNINGS
In the summer of 1943 at Camp Mackall, Forrest ‘Lefty’ Brewer of 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment’s Red Devils winds up a pitch as the sun sets across the diamond.
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Painting and prints available here: https://t.co/GxjdVnvMkS
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Thank you to everyone who has liked and shared my recent illustration. I think it’s safe to say I’ll be doing some more Mighty Eighth pieces in the future.
You can find the original painting and limited edition prints here: https://t.co/LINogKqiPK
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LEFTY’S FINAL PLAY
Pvt ‘Lefty’ Brewer, a former pitcher in the Washington Senators organisation in the 508th PIR, sprints for cover near to La Fière manor ‘like he was going to stretch a triple into a home run’. He never found cover.
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My latest illustration, ‘Bringing the Winning Run Home’, follows a definite trend in recent paintings of the link between baseball and the World Wars.
You can see them all here: https://t.co/Xp0eh4FA1n
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BRINGING THE WINNING RUN HOME
Capt. Billy Southworth Jr., wearing the St Louis Cardinals cap given to him by his father, the Cards manager Billy Southworth, pilots the B-17 ‘Winning Run’ home.
See the full illustration here: https://t.co/LINogKqiPK
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LEFTY BREWER
A pair of paintings telling the story of Forrest ‘Lefty’ Brewer’s life and untimely death.
Pitching for the 508th PIR Red Devils in the summer of ‘43, and the last moments of his life on D-Day, 6th June ‘44.
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A TOT FOR THE LADS
In the early Summer of 1916, somewhere in France, a young subaltern of 11/Borders, the Lonsdale battalion, oversees the rum ration being distributed to his men.
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Original painting and prints available here: https://t.co/SigPhAMUvm
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