Memorial US Paratrooper
This soldier of the 101st Airborne Division looks out over the spot where on September 17, 1944, the Pathfinders of this division were the first paratroopers to land in Brabant to mark Drop Zone A. Operation Market Garden had begun.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Jean-Marc Bertens
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