Major Dick Winters and his Band of Brothers suit up for D-Day in John D. Shaw's "We Were a Band of Brothers" painting
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Print Size: 34.5" x 24"
Print #1 in the "Band of Brothers" fine art series.

June 5, 1944, at Uppottery Airfield, England . . .
Gilded in the evening’s glow, Lt. Richard Winters confers with his “Band of Brothers,” the paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne. Soon, these young men would parachute into German-occupied France, to spearhead Europe’s emancipation. Winters holds a letter from regimental commander Col. Robert Sink, that states, “Tonight is the Night of Nights. Tomorrow throughout the whole of our homeland and the Allied world the bells will ring out the tidings that you have arrived, and the invasion for liberation has begun.”

* screen colors may vary from print colors

MAIN EDITION:
850 copies Numbers 1-435:-- SOLD OUT-- click here for secondary market availability (PA residents please add 6% sales tax)
13 Easy Company D-Day veteran signatures: Sal Bellino, Maxwell Clark, Buck Compton, "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Forrest Guth, Ed Joint, Paul Lamoureux, Joe Lesniewski, Clancy Lyall, Don Malarkey, Earl McClung, Ed Shames, Rod Strohl.

Numbers 436-850: SOLD OUT - contact us for secondary market availability
8 Easy Company D-Day veteran signatures: Buck Compton, "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Don Malarkey, and 5 other Easy Company signers.

GALLERY EDITION: SOLD OUT

ARTIST'S PROOF: SOLD OUT-- contact us for secondary market availability
101 copies - Prints include the extremely rare original signature of Easy Company’s wartime company commander, Dick Winters, along with the signatures of 14 other Easy Company D-Day veterans including: Sal Bellino, Maxwell Clark, Buck Compton, "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Forrest Guth, Ed Joint, Paul Lamoureux, Joe Lesniewski, Clancy Lyall, Don Malarkey, Earl McClung, Ed Shames, and Rod Strohl.

PUBLISHER PROOFS: SOLD OUT-- contact us for secondary market availability
101 copies - Prints include the extremely rare original signature of Easy Company’s wartime company commander, Dick Winters, along with the signatures of Easy Company D-Day veterans including: Sal Bellino, Maxwell Clark, Buck Compton, "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Forrest Guth, Ed Joint, Paul Lamoureux, Joe Lesniewski, Clancy Lyall, Don Malarkey, Earl McClung, Ed Shames, and Rod Strohl.
 
 
Special thanks to the veterans of Easy Company:
Sal Bellino, Maxwell Clark, Buck Compton, "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Forrest Guth, Ed Joint, Paul Lamoureux, Joe Lesniewski, Clancy Lyall, Don Malarkey, Earl McClung, Ed Shames, Rod Strohl, and Richard Winters along with 439th Troop Carrier Group pilot Bud Berry for signing these prints in support of Ghost Wings Student Produced Magazine!

__We’re excited to announce the completion of one of the most anticipated military art prints ever published…We Were a Band of Brothers by John D. Shaw, depicting the famed men of Easy Company preparing for the fateful jump into Normandy on the ‘night of nights’.
__ After nearly 2 years in the planning and creation, Ghost Wings and Liberty Studios have had the honor of having the participation of over 14 original veterans of Easy Company in personally signing these lithographs.
__ Each of these distinguished ‘Band of Brothers’ participated in the D-Day jump on June 6, 1944, and continued on to make military history, immortalized in Steven Ambrose’s bestseller and the award-winning HBO miniseries. This stunning and historically accurate portrayal is available in several editions, all bearing numerous multiple original

The staff of Ghost Wings aviation magazine with the original painting.
signatures of Easy Company’s original ‘Band of Brothers’ paratroopers!
__ We are grateful not only for your interest in this project, but are especially thankful to the wonderful gentlemen of Easy Company who graciously gave of their time and toil to support our efforts to preserve history through Ghost Wings magazine. Also thanks to Easy Company historian Jake Powers for his historical advisement during the production of this print.

John Shaw has been commissioned to do paintings for prestigious sources such as the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air National Guard, and by some of the world's premier aviation art collectors.

His artwork has adorned the covers of national magazines, from Private Pilot's Aviation Art Gallery, to Challenge Publications' Aviation Art, to Primedia's World War II and Aviation History.

John Shaw's previous works command hefty secondary market value; in addition to Black Sheep Squadron and Hornet's Nest, Red Tail Angels and By The Dawn's Early Light now trade for over $1,000 each.

Major Dick Winters and artist John D. Shaw
Major Richard Winters with artist John D. Shaw, November 2003.
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.