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Monument Rivercrossing Waal at Nijmegen

(Netherlands, the - Guelders - Nijmegen)

This monument is removed for indefinitle time due building a new bridge. The monument will be replaced at the same location

The memorial was erected on 18/09/1984, 40 years after the Market Garden-operation.

It commemorates the Waal-crossing by the 504e PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment) of the 82ste Airborne division and the 307 Eng 376 Pfab, with the 505 Par Infantry Guards Armoured division.

47 American soldiers were killed during this operation.

Source

• Text: Marcel Jans
• Photos: Frits Kruishaar