Memorial "The Incredible Patrol" Elst

In the hall of the Town Hall in Elst, this Memorial commemorates the residents from Elst to the courageous act of six American soldiers on 29-10-1944 during the Second World War.
Text on the Memorial:

THE INCREDIBLE PATROL

501st PARACHUTE INFANTERY REGt. 9COL. J.J. EWELL)
101st AIRBORNE DIVISION (GEN. MAXWELL D. TAYLOR)
HETEREN
29-31 OCTOBER 1944
HUGO S. SIMS
PETER R. FRANK
WILLIAM R. CANFIELD
FREDERICK J. BECKER
ROBERT O. NICOLAI
ROLAND J. WILBUR

IN THE NIGHT OF 29 OCTOBER 1944 SIX MEN OF THE 501st
PARACHUTE INF. REGT. OF THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION,
U.S. ARMY, CROSSED THE RIVER RHINE AT HETEREN IN TWO
RUBBER BOATS AND LANDED EAST OF RENKUM.
THEY SLIPPED THROUGH THE ENEMY LINES AND REACHED THE
HIGHWAY LEADING FROM EDE TO ARNHEM. THEY HID DURING THE
DAY. IN THE FOLLOWING NIGHT THIS PATROL CAPTURED 32
ENEMY OFFICERS AND MEN, AND TOOK THEM WITH IT ACROSS
THE RHINE TO THE AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS

UNVEILED
24 SEPTEMBER 1959

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.com
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne