Ana Donzino
First Sergeant
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Hello,
We have 3 new limited edition sets ready to be announced. But first, a brief historical background.
As the Americans entered World War II, many around the world had doubts as to their ability to fight. The Battle at Kasserine Pass in February, 1943 did nothing to change those doubts as the Germans embarrassed the American forces before returning to the Mareth Line.
Things quickly changed for the Americans. On March 6, 1943 George Patton took command of II Corps. With Patton at the helm, an offensive couldn’t be far away! By March 17th the Americans had pushed through Gafsa and the oasis at El Guettar with little opposition, but in the hills beyond the oasis they found troops of the Italian Centauro Division astride the Gafsa-Gabes road at Djebel el Ank Pass. A frontal attack would incur heavy casualties. How could they get the Italians off the heights?
Patton called on the elite 1st Ranger Battalion Colonel William O. Darby to clear the way. Darby led his Rangers on a tortuous ten-mile-long night march among fissures, cliffs, and saddles to an unguarded rocky plateau that overlooked the Italian positions from behind. At 0600 on March 20th, as light dawned, the Rangers utterly surprised the Italians, breaking their resistance in only 20 minutes of fighting. For its daring and élan at El Guettar, the 1st Ranger Battalion received the Presidential Citation. They proved to the world (and the people back home) that Americans had the will to fight!
Honour Bound commemorates their heroic action with three sets of figures. In HB51, one Ranger looks back over the precipice of the cliff while his fellow Rangers take their first prisoner. Three medics attend to one of the very few Ranger casualties in HB52, while three Rangers overwhelm an Italian who can’t wait to lay down his rifle in HB53.
HB51
HB52
HB53
Group pictures
Limited Editions of 50 for each set. Production is ready to ship in 12 days, so you can pre-order from your favorite dealer whenever you feel like it
Hope you like them,
Ana
We have 3 new limited edition sets ready to be announced. But first, a brief historical background.
As the Americans entered World War II, many around the world had doubts as to their ability to fight. The Battle at Kasserine Pass in February, 1943 did nothing to change those doubts as the Germans embarrassed the American forces before returning to the Mareth Line.
Things quickly changed for the Americans. On March 6, 1943 George Patton took command of II Corps. With Patton at the helm, an offensive couldn’t be far away! By March 17th the Americans had pushed through Gafsa and the oasis at El Guettar with little opposition, but in the hills beyond the oasis they found troops of the Italian Centauro Division astride the Gafsa-Gabes road at Djebel el Ank Pass. A frontal attack would incur heavy casualties. How could they get the Italians off the heights?
Patton called on the elite 1st Ranger Battalion Colonel William O. Darby to clear the way. Darby led his Rangers on a tortuous ten-mile-long night march among fissures, cliffs, and saddles to an unguarded rocky plateau that overlooked the Italian positions from behind. At 0600 on March 20th, as light dawned, the Rangers utterly surprised the Italians, breaking their resistance in only 20 minutes of fighting. For its daring and élan at El Guettar, the 1st Ranger Battalion received the Presidential Citation. They proved to the world (and the people back home) that Americans had the will to fight!
Honour Bound commemorates their heroic action with three sets of figures. In HB51, one Ranger looks back over the precipice of the cliff while his fellow Rangers take their first prisoner. Three medics attend to one of the very few Ranger casualties in HB52, while three Rangers overwhelm an Italian who can’t wait to lay down his rifle in HB53.
HB51
HB52
HB53
Group pictures
Limited Editions of 50 for each set. Production is ready to ship in 12 days, so you can pre-order from your favorite dealer whenever you feel like it
Hope you like them,
Ana
