We do not recommend storing prints/posters/photos in tubes for any extended length of time. The item should be stored in a dark and dry location, several inches off the floor. If you decide to store one of our art prints/collectibles without getting it framed, then we recommend flat storage in either an acid free art sleeve or between pieces of acid free foam core. In order to retain full value of your item, your art or collectible should be able to be removed from its frame or storage container and still be in the same original condition as it was when purchased from Valor Studios. If a signature is pressed against the clear material it will lift off the photo/poster/print and deteriorate. Acid free spacers or mat board must also be utilized to prevent the signatures from direct contact with the top layer of glass/acrylic. Fading can occur even if an item is not displayed in direct sunlight (even a light bulb omits UV rays) so UV blocking glass/acrylic is necessary. UV blocking glass/acrylic, spacers, and acid free framing materials must be used to protect the image and signatures. When framing art/photographs/posters, we recommend locating a framer who is familiar with archival framing, has a storefront so you can see examples of their work, is not within a big box store, and has full insurance in the event an accident occurs while framing your item. We recommend that all autographed items be displayed or stored using archival quality, acid free materials away from any moisture or strong light exposure.Through it all, he saves the best for last. Best business, see, on Saturday afternoons. Here’s the church my family goes to Baptist, like most everyone else around here. He made his post-war career as a machinist. That’s where I went to school, Shifty explains as he tours her through the town. Powers left the service in October 1945, after 3 years of duty. He received two Bronze Star awards for valor and was never wounded during his service. and underwent basic training with the unit at Camp Toccoa, Georgia.Īs a member of Easy Company, and often times, a platoon scout, Powers participated in all of 101st Airborne Division's major campaigns in the European Theatre of Operations. Powers and Wynn became original members of Easy Company, 506th P.I.R. Not wanting to "miss the war," in August 1942, at age 19, Powers, along with his friend, Robert "Popeye" Wynn, volunteered for the paratroops. Following high school, Powers underwent vocational training as a machinist at Norfolk Naval Yard. Shifty Powers was born on Main Clinchco, Virginia. Shifty’s War is a tale of heroism and adventure, of a soldier’s blood-filled days fighting his way fromthe shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how one man’s skills as a sharpshooter and engagingly unassuming personality propelled him to a life greater than he could have ever imagined.This 8 x 10 portrait photo shows Easy Company's famed rifleman, Darrell "Shifty" Powers, in his dress uniform and bears his autograph, in black marker. He parachuted into France on D-day and fought for a month in Normandy eighty days in Holland thirty-nine in the harshly cold winter of Bastogne and for nearly thirty more near Haguenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives of his fellow paratroopers.Īs one of the original men who trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Shifty was one out of only two soldiers in Easy Company to initially earn the coveted expert marksman designation. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to “see” without his eyes. From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.Īs a boy, Darrell “Shifty” Powers’s goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be.
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