Memorial Aircraft Dakota "Little Jo" Retie

The text on the monument:
In lasting memory
to the service and sacrifice
of the young men of
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS
Aircraft Dakota 21-00770 – "Little Jo"
OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
19 september 1944

2nd Lt. Carl Allen Cary
Pilot
2nd Lt. James A. Lawhorn
Co-pilot
Tech. Sgt. Richard K. Rockwell
Crew Chief
S/Sgt. John D. Hines
Radio Operator
89th Troop Carrier Squadron and 438th Troop Carrier Group
"Go home and tell them that for your tomorrows,
we gave our yesterdays"

The community of Retie
unveiled this memorial on September 19, 2004
as a tribute to those who were killed
and also to commemorate 60 years of liberation.

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Source

• Text: Mia van den Berg
• Photos: Jhonny Bastiaensen (1), Mia van den Berg (2)

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