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"DESPERATE EXTRACTION"
North of the Euphrates, Two Days Before the War
by U.S. Army Combat Artist Frank M. Thomas (LTC)
Original 48 x 72" Acrylic/Canvas Painting
Found in Collection Artist's Collection, Holden, Utah
Background:
Their commando operation gone awry, this nine man Special Forces team, under command of Captain Jim Thompson, bolts for the safety of two Army UH-60 helicopters. Their highly dangerous secret spy mission had taken them into the Iraqi desert southwest of Baghdad. Discovered and surrounded by Saddam's Iraqi soldiers, Thompson's commando team faced the prospect of having to defend their dry irrigation ditch position for up to 12 hours with only small arms. Air Force F-16's, for six hours, gave welcomed support, strafing and cluster bombing enemy vehicles attempting to reach the U.S. soldiers. The Iraqi's were held at bay. This scene shows the daylight extraction, under fire, of Captain Thompson and his Green Berets. (Lacking photo details of the actual team members, artist Thomas painted his two sons and two sons-in-law into this scene, along with Captain Jim Thompson.)
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Canvas Art Print Offerings:
32" x 48" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$548.50
tube shipped.......................+$14.50
(NOTE: The rolled print may be stretched in most frame shops before framing.
*Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print and giclee' canvas art print sales have now been resumed as of November 1st, 2008. He and his wife, Patreecia, have completed an eighteen month mission in the Ohio-Cleveland Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the Kirtland Historic Village Sites, Kirtland, Ohio. He was asked by LDS Church General Authorities to paint early Church history scenes of 1830's Kirtland.
He has now returned home to his art studio at 206 North 100 East, Holden, Utah 84636 and is producing LDS historical paintings and Old West paintings at that site. His art prints may be purchased online by credit card or by personal check.
Call Frank at his Studio" (435) 795-2206 or (435) 406-9526, or contact directly by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com.