Posted on Jul 20, 2023
Battle of Nijmegen Bridge: Taking the Crossings Over the Waal
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WWII World War Two
82nd ABN
Netherlands
Military History
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ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) 82d Abn. Div. glider artillerymen unload their guns and equipment on a landing zone near Grave, Holland. (2) 82d Abn. Div. paratroopers jump into Holland from C-47 Dakota transports on 17 Sept. 1944. (3 & 4) Men of the 504th PIR, 82d Abn. Div. cross the Waal River led by Maj. Julian Cook under heavy fire in an effort to seize the northern end of the Waal bridge near Nijmegan on 20 Sept. (5) After crossing the Waal, 504th PIR troopers make final preparations for their assault on the bridge. (6) 504th PIR troopers assault the Waal bridge--the decisive point in their sector. (7) Men of the 82d Abn. Div.'s 3d Bn., 504th PIR, assault the Hof von Halland fortress during Opn. Market-Garden.
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes MIDN CAPT (Join to see) A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass SFC John D. PVT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell
SGT Wayne Dunn Amn (Join to see) SGT J.D. Corr SPC Lisa Hughes MIDN CAPT (Join to see) A1C Crystal Winbush SPC Mike Bennett 1LT Larry Bass SFC John D. PVT (Join to see) SGT Gerald “Jerry” Harrell
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
SSG Robert Pratt - In the painting showing the rowers on the Waal River up close. Redford portrayed Maj. Cook in the movie "A Bridge too Far" and the artist used him as the model. It's like a cavalry captain in a Vicksburg painting I have who looks just like John Wayne above. . . .
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