Clearing the Vierville Draw by Larry Selman

Image Area: 23"w x 13"h

Publisher Proof Edition: 100 Signed and Numbered
Artist Proof Edition: 50 Signed and Numbered
Military Edition: 350 Signed and Numbered: Unavailable

The 121st Engineer Combat Battalion, with the 116th Infantry, 29th Division, blows up the concrete wall blocking the Vierville Draw on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, so vehicles can move inland. The Publisher Proof and Artist Proof editions are signed by the artist; paper size 19.5" x 29".

The invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was one of the most decisive moments of the twentieth century. More than 150,000 Allied troops surged into Nazi-occupied France on that momentous day, overcoming the profound challenges of assaulting a coastline the enemy had fortified for nearly four years.

Of the five D-Day seaborne invasion sites, the one with the toughest terrain and most formidable German defenses was Omaha Beach, which was assaulted shortly after daybreak on June 6 by the 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions of the U.S. Army’s V Corps. The 29th Division’s 116th Infantry was assigned the arduous mission of gaining the initial foothold on the eastern half of Omaha Beach starting at H-Hour, 6:30 AM.