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Ploesti: The Odyssey of Utah Man
 by Gil Cohen
The exhausted crew of the B-24, Utah Man, has just returned to base near Benghazi, Libya, on August 1, 1943, after bombing the oil refineries at Ploesti. The pilot, 1st Lt. Walter Stewart is seen describing his mission to operations officer Maj. Ramsay Potts, who had returned earlier that day.
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Signed by artist Gil Cohen and "Utah Man" pilot Walter Stewart
650 Signed and Numbered Prints
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A highly schooled fine arts illustrator, Gil Cohen studied under Henry C. Pitz at the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1955, Cohen served as artist with the SHAEF Headquarters, Military Intelligence U.S. Army in West Germany.
His subsequent career as a freelance artist included service to a multitude of clients including the U.S. Information Agency, the National Park Service, Paramount Pictures, Bantam Books, Harlequin Books, Random House, Holt Reinhart Winston, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, Warner-Lambert and Boeing-Sikorsky.   

Truly a "gold medal artist" Gil Gohen's exhibitions and awards are numerous. They include the National Military Park system, the Kennedy Center and the Pentagon. He has been awarded gold medals and best of shows by the American Society of Aviation Artists and has received the certificate of merit from the New York Society of Illustrators, as well as the Franklin Mint Award. Cohen is a member of the Air Force Art Program, the New York Society of Illustrators and serves as Coast Guard Illustrator. As an Artist Fellow Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, he has held the position of Vice President and Chairman of the Exhibition Committee.

He also has a great interest in history and aviation which is reflected in much of his work. His vivid interest in the human aspects of the various wars throughout the centuries zeros in on the interactions between men, which eventually have lead to confrontations and successive warring between peoples and nations. He is continually mystified by the recurring observations that some of the most beautiful mechanisms of engineering, designed by humans, are often created by man for the purpose of war.

Cohen's creative energies are excited and stimulated by the abstract and geometric shapes of structures of all kinds. He has a keen interest in outer space and related subjects.
VValor Studios has the aviation art of John D. Shaw featuring John D. Shaw's Blacksheep Squadron, John D. Shaw's Hornet's Nest print signed by the Doolittle Raiders, John D. Shaw's Band of Brothers print We Were a Band of Brothers, John D. Shaw's By The Dawn's Early Light, John D. Shaw's The Warrior and the Wolfpack, and John D. Shaw's They Fought With What They Had. We also carry the work of Jim Dietz, including his new print "Silencing the Guns", which shows the men of Easy Company, better known as the Band of Brothers. The print is hand signed by Major Dick Winters, leader of Easy Company, along with Buck Compton, Bill Guarnere, and Don Malarkey. Dick Winters was instrumental in this project. Dick Winters also autographed each print. Dick Winters proudly said Silencing the Guns represents his legacy. Dick Winters also signed We Were a Band of Brothers by John D. Shaw.