Geronimo-Memorial Eerde
501 Parachute Infantry of the 101 Airborne Division.
This Regiment landed just behind the windmill at Eerde. They fought a series of daring battles to keep Hell's Highway open.
The Memorial is situated next to the windmill.
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Source
- Text: Erwin Janssen
- Photos: Jeroen Koppes
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Sep2022
Newsflash Commemoration Eerde Saturday September 17, 2022
The annual commemoration of Operation Market Garden was held on Saturday 17 September 2022 at the Geronimo monument and the Eerdse Molen in Eerde. Mayor Kees van Rooij and some American dignitaries from the embassy and the 101st Airborne Division gave a speech and wreaths were laid at the monument.
Nearby
Museum
Point of interest
- Operatie Market Garden Dropzone A - Schijndel
- Landing Site Donald O. Mills, Eerde - Veghel (nabij Eerde)
- Klondike - Headquarters 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division - Veghel
Monument
- Memorials Mill Eerde - Eerde
- Liberation Route Marker 128: The observation posts over the battlefield at Eerde - Eerde
- Spitfire Memorial Eerde - Eerde
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Roman Catholic Cemetery Eerde - Eerde
- Dutch War Graves Zijtaart - Zijtaart
- Commonwealth War Graves Roman Catholic Churchyard Veghel - Veghel
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Ncb-Laan 6 - Veghel
- Stumbling Stones Hoofdstraat 21 - Veghel
- Stumbling Stones Hoofdstraat 65 - Veghel
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