Posted on Sep 25, 2023
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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17-29 Sept. 1944: Operation Market-Garden, Part II.

For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) 82d Abn. Div. glider artillerymen unload their guns and equipment on a landing zone in Holland on 17 Sept. (2) 82d Abn. Div. paratroopers land in Holland. (3) 101st Abn. Div. gliders and paratroopers after landing in Holland. (4) 101st Abn. Div. GIs with German prisoners in Holland. (5) 101st Airborne glidermen unload a 57mm gun from their glider on an LZ in Holland. (6) A 101st Abn. Div. GI encounters Germans shortly after landing in Holland. (7) A paratrooper grabs hold of a comrade's chute that failed to open over Holland. (8) Men of E Co., 506th PIR in Holland. (9) American paratroopers jump over Holland during Opn. Market-Garden. (10) U.S. glider infantry get their bearings after landing in Holland in a Waco glider.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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One of many memorable scenes from that movie. More Market-Garden art tomorrow.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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You betcha! Lotta future cases of PTSD there . . .
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LTC Trent Klug
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The battle was tough and the Allies fought valiantly. In the end, the operation was too far reaching for all its goals to be achieved. We may not have won, but we seriously weakened the German hold in the Lowlands.
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