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Netherlands Supplies Dropped form Air to Paratroopers Fighting in Area near Best, Holland 9/18/44
Notes: Bombers far into the horizon dropping supplies. Some chutes already on drop zone.
Netherlands Supplies Dropped form Air to Paratroopers Fighting in Area near Best, Holland 9/18/44
Notes: You can see the chutes are different colors to designate different types of supplies. Ground is very flat and looks like England – it’s why Holland was chosen.
Highway Bridge at Arnhem After B-26 Bombing and A-20 Havocs
Notes: Both ends of Bridge Rest on River while Middle Section Broke and Fell into Neder River. Negative received 11/27/44. Probably captured around Market Garden.
C-47s of 9th Troop Carrier Command Lined up on Field in Holland – September 44
Notes: Not sure why they were in Holland just after Market Garden. Can see planes in air. Gets at scale of war.
Operation Market Garden – Landing Zone for 501st PIR of 101st Airborne in Best, Holland Area
Notes: Farmer labeled his roof to help paratroopers find landing zone.
Operation Market Garden – Landing Zone for 501st PIR of 101st Airborne in Best, Holland Area + Supply Chutes the Farmer Dug up from Property after War
Notes: Looking away from farmer’s property at the drop zone and landing zone fields. The owner was a young boy during the war and gave the paratroopers water from the spigot on the property as they ran to their rally point.
