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Pearl Harbor US Navy Prints by Robert Taylor and Randall Wilson.- Cranston Fine Arts Historical Art
DHM6177. The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. <p> Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy.  All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and that meant light duties.  On the Arizona, the duty crew were preparing the stern of the battleship, erecting the awnings for the ships band at Morning Colors.  The young officer in charge smiled approvingly, it was an inspiring scene and he thought that the recently overhauled battleship had never looked more impressive.  But within the hour he would glance skyward, and a frown of puzzlement crease his forehead as, out of nowhere, Japanese carrier-based aircraft were descending on the unsuspecting naval base.  As he registers the bright red circles on their wings, the blood froze in his veins.  He realized that hell had come to Pearl Harbor!  Then, just before 08.10hrs, the unthinkable happened.  A bomb from a Nakajima B5N Kate high-altitude bomber penetrated the ship's armor plated deck and exploded in the forward magazine.  Within seconds a cataclysmic blast ripped through the Arizona, devastating the mighty ship which would burn for two days, taking with her the lives of nearly twelve hundred men.  In tribute to all those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on that infamous day Robert Taylor has created his poignant new landmark painting.  The Arizona has since become the focal point for the memorial at Pearl Harbor and this moving piece portrays this proud ship as those who survived would surely like to remember her - in all her glory prior to the attack. <b><p>Signed by Quartermaster Louis Conter USN<br>,Seaman Lonnie Cook USN<br>,Seaman Cleardon Hetrick USN<br>,Lieutenant Commander Joseph Langdell USN<br>and<br>Chief Warrant Officer Edward Wentzlaff USN (companion print). <p>Signed limited edition of 375 prints.  <p>Paper size 33.5 inches x 24 inches (85cm x 61cm)
DHM1231.  Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson. <p>Battleship USS Pennsylvania off Diamond Head, Hawaii.<b><p>Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. <p> Image size 25 inches x 14 inches (64cm x 36cm)

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Pearl Harbor US Navy Prints by Robert Taylor and Randall Wilson.

PCK2664. Pearl Harbor US Navy Prints by Robert Taylor and Randall Wilson.

Naval Print Pack.

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DHM6177. The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor.

Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy. All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and that meant light duties. On the Arizona, the duty crew were preparing the stern of the battleship, erecting the awnings for the ships band at Morning Colors. The young officer in charge smiled approvingly, it was an inspiring scene and he thought that the recently overhauled battleship had never looked more impressive. But within the hour he would glance skyward, and a frown of puzzlement crease his forehead as, out of nowhere, Japanese carrier-based aircraft were descending on the unsuspecting naval base. As he registers the bright red circles on their wings, the blood froze in his veins. He realized that hell had come to Pearl Harbor! Then, just before 08.10hrs, the unthinkable happened. A bomb from a Nakajima B5N Kate high-altitude bomber penetrated the ship's armor plated deck and exploded in the forward magazine. Within seconds a cataclysmic blast ripped through the Arizona, devastating the mighty ship which would burn for two days, taking with her the lives of nearly twelve hundred men. In tribute to all those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on that infamous day Robert Taylor has created his poignant new landmark painting. The Arizona has since become the focal point for the memorial at Pearl Harbor and this moving piece portrays this proud ship as those who survived would surely like to remember her - in all her glory prior to the attack.

Signed by Quartermaster Louis Conter USN
,Seaman Lonnie Cook USN
,Seaman Cleardon Hetrick USN
,Lieutenant Commander Joseph Langdell USN
and
Chief Warrant Officer Edward Wentzlaff USN (companion print).

Signed limited edition of 375 prints.

Paper size 33.5 inches x 24 inches (85cm x 61cm)


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DHM1231. Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson.

Battleship USS Pennsylvania off Diamond Head, Hawaii.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints.

Image size 25 inches x 14 inches (64cm x 36cm)


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To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £370.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £125




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Chief Warrant Officer Edward Wentzlaff USN (deceased)
*Signature Value : £10 (matted)

Edward Louis Wentzlaff was born on November 16th, 1917, entered the U.S. Navy on December 8th, 1937 and he was aboard the USS Arizona on December 7th, 1941 during the Pearl Harbor attack. Wentzlaff, one of just 335 aboard the ship to survive, was spared because he ran to his battle station instead of fleeing below. Aside from singed eyebrows and hair from the fires that raged on board, he wasn't injured. Ordered to abandon ship, he was too terrified to jump overboard, where flames 3 feet high leapt on the surface of the water from fuel pouring out of the ship. Instead, with another sailor, he ran down a gangway to an admiral's barge, which was tied up to the ship. As the Arizona rapidly sank - the ship went down in just nine minutes - it began to drag the barge down with it. Wentzlaff frantically cut it loose, while the other crew member started the engine. Waves of Japanese planes continued to strafe the harbor, and the two rescued any survivors they could. Wentzlaff was one day away from the end of his enlistment period on the day of the attack, and had plans to go into the resort business in Wisconsin with a Navy buddy, but he wasn't permitted to leave the Navy as America's involvement in World War II began. He served in a variety of roles throughout the war, and was on the USS Yorktown, which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. Wentzlaff left the Navy in 1946 as a Chief Warrant Officer. He died on 10th September 2013 at the age of 95.


Lieutenant Commander Joseph Langdell USN (deceased)
*Signature Value : £10 (matted)

Joseph Kopcho Langdell was born October 12th 1914 in Wilton, New Hampshire. He graduated from Boston University in 1938 with a degree in business administration and worked as an accountant until he decided to enlist in the Navy. He attended an officers' training program in Chicago where Langdell's math skills landed him an assignment working with Navy photographers on a way to better measure the accuracy of a ship's guns. He trained for the job on Ford Island, a small patch of land in Pearl Harbor. Langdell was not aboard the ship the morning of the attack. Because of a temporary assignment, he was sleeping in a barracks about 100 yards from the ship in Honolulu. He was awakened by the Japanese attack and from his bed he heard the sound of the Japanese dive bombers as they approached and strafed the battleships lined up in the harbor. 'If I had been aboard, I would have been killed in that No. 2 turret. That was the one that blew up.'. Langdell helped injured sailors and Marines find medical care in a hospital on the island. In the days that followed, he helped recover the bodies of some of his fallen shipmates. Langdell continued to serve in the Navy through World War II. He died on 4th February 2015 and at the age of 100, the oldest living survivor of the Arizona.
Quartermaster Louis Conter USN
*Signature Value : £10 (matted)

Crewman of USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Conter went to flight school after Pearl Harbor, earning his wings to fly PBY patrol bombers, which the Navy used to look for submarines and bomb enemy targets. He flew 200 combat missions in the Pacific with a 'Black Cats' squadron, which conducted dive bombing at night in planes painted black.One night in 1943 he and his crew had to avoid a dozen or so nearby sharks after they were shot down near New Guinea. When one sailor expressed doubt they would survive, Conter responded 'baloney.' Don't ever panic in any situation. Survive is the first thing you tell them. Don't panic or you're dead,' he said. They were quiet and treaded water until another plane came and dropped them a lifeboat hours later. In the late 1950s, he was made the Navy's first SERE officer - which is an acronym for survival, evasion, resistance and escape. He spent the next decade training Navy pilots and crew on how to survive if they're shot down in the jungle and captured as a prisoner of war. Some of his pupils used his instruction to live through years as POWs in Vietnam.


Seaman Clarendon Hetrick USN (deceased)
*Signature Value : £15 (matted)

Clarendon Hetrick was born 26th May 1923, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 on his parents' signature and reported for training in San Diego in the latter half of 1940. He joined the USS Arizona in January 1941. On the morning of 7th December, Hetrick was in the latrine, about half-shaved, when the Japanese attack began. 'I ran out on the forward deck, looked up and saw one airplane going across the sky with a red meatball on it. I knew what was going on right away then.' Hetrick headed for battle station below deck, where he had been trained to help move ammunition for the big guns. As the ship began to fill with smoke, the men were ordered to leave. The Arizona was already starting to sink as Hetrick made his way to the edge of the deck. He could see no lifeboats, but he watched as other crewmen leaped into the water and half-swam, half-walked the short distance to Ford Island, where the Arizona had been moored. He looked at the water and jumped. Hetrick was assigned to the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier. He would later join the USS Saratoga, fighting in battles across the Pacific Ocean until the end of World War II. He was injured in fighting at Iwo Jima. In 1949, his stint with the Navy finished, Hetrick enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He died on 18th April 2016, aged 92.
Seaman Lonnie Cook USN (deceased)
*Signature Value : £15 (matted)

Lonnie David Cook was born 19th November 1920 in Morris, Oklahoma. He graduated from high school in 1939 and, with few jobs available in rural Oklahoma, enrolled at Connors State Agricultural College in Warner, Oklahoma. By early 1940, he decided to join the Navy and on 2nd July he boarded the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. The Arizona was moored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, in a row of battleships, the crews on edge as they waited for news about America's inevitable entry into the world war. Cook, a 21-year-old seaman first class, had $60 in his pocket, his winnings from a craps game the night before, and he was ready for a day in Honolulu on liberty. As he closed the locker door, he felt a rumbling. The chief turret captain burst into the hallway with the news: The Japanese were attacking. Cook raced for his battle station, inside the turret gun pit, where he helped load primer, gunpowder and a shell. The ship shuddered. The lights went out. Smoke filled the room. He and the other men stayed in the turret, waiting for the strafing to end. They stuffed their t-shirts into side ports, fearful of a gas attack. Finally, they climbed down onto the starboard quarterdeck. The Arizona had sunk low enough that Cook was able to step off the deck onto the launch, which took him to Ford Island, where he remained the rest of the day. After the attack on 7th December 1941, Cook was assigned to another ship, the USS Patterson, then two months later, transferred to the Aylwin, a destroyer. The Aylwin was part of a task force that fought in a battle in the Coral Sea and, a month later, part of the forces in the battle of Midway. He was discharged in 1948. Lonnie passed away on 31st July 2019, aged 98.

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