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Operation Market Garden: History’s Greatest Airborne Assault
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World War II |
General Brereton said of the operation: The 82nd and 101st divisions…accomplished every one of their objectives….In the years to come everyone will remember Arnhem, but no one will remember that two American divisions fought their hearts out in the Dutch canal country and whipped hell out of the Germans.
As my company rode through Veghel, Uden, and Eindhoven, the Dutch recognized the 101st Screaming Eagle shoulder patches on our uniforms. They also recognized the All American shoulder patch of the 82nd. They stopped repairing their damaged buildings and shouted September 17. The Dutch had not forgotten that the American and British airborne divisions were the first to free them. This article was written by Retired Colonel William Wilson and originally appeared in the September 1994 issue of World War II. For further reading, see: A Bridge Too Far, by Cornelius Ryan; and The Epic of the 101st Airborne, by David J. Phillips. For more great articles subscribe to World War II magazine today! Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
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One Comment to “Operation Market Garden: History’s Greatest Airborne Assault”
Wow….my grandfather was involved in this. He was a British paratrooper who was taken POW by the Germans. He told us many stories of this, it’s
just so unbelievable that he survived this to tell us about it.
By Deb on Nov 11, 2008 at 11:39 pm