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The Windmill

(Netherlands, the - North Brabant - Eerde)

The windmill at Eerde was destroyed on 24th september 1944 during "The battle of the Sanddunes". On the mill there are plaquettes with the names of the fallen.

In this windmill was killed on monday september 18.1944 about eleven o'clock in the morning Jacob H.Wingard "Pennsylvania sgt 501 prcht inf abn div." May he rest in peace on the Margraten American Cemetery and Memorial.

Between the windmill and the house was a British Sherman tank knocked out during the fight on sunday september 24.1944 in that tank were killed 3 british soldiers. May they rest in peace on the cemetery of Eerde.

Source

• Text: Erwin Janssen
• Photos: Frits Kruishaar (1,2), Anneke Moerenhout (3), Erwin Janssen (4) & Tessa de Jong (5)