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| C-47 Skytrains tow CG-4A Gliders to their landing areas on D+1 of Operation Market Garden, Sep 18 1944 | Captain Ogilvie of the UK Glider Pilot Regiment, who landed in his kilt during Operation Market Garden, preparing for a patrol next to a jeep, 18 Sep 1944 |
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| German Waffen-SS snipers captured by Allied troops near Arnhem, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 18 Sep 1944 | Horsa gliders on the ground near Arnhem, the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden, Sep 1944; note tail sections removed for quick exit of troops and a jeep; photograph taken from a RAF PRU Spitfire aircraft |
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| Horsa gliders on the ground near Arnhem, the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden, Sep 1944; note tail sections removed for quick exit of troops; photograph taken from a RAF PRU Spitfire aircraft | Large group of German prisoners captrued by paratroopers of the US 82nd Airborne Division, near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 17-20 Sep 1944 |
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| Marine Col Chesty Puller greets a Navy Admiral at the 1st Marines command post on Peleliu, Sep 18 1944. | Members of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne, driving from Eindhoven to Nijmegen, Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden are cheered by Dutch citizens, about Sep 18, 1944. |
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| Sherman tanks advancing through cheering crowds in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, 18 Sep 1944 | Troops of US 101st Airborne Division receiving information from Dutch resistance members, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Sep 1944 |
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| Troops of US 101st Airborne Division with members of Dutch resistance at the Sint-Lambertuskerk cathedral, Veghel, Netherlands, Sep 1944 | Two British airborne troops dug in at their brigade headquarters near Arnhem, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 18 Sep 1944 |
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| US Army Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe speaking to his glider pilots, England, United Kingdom, 18 Sep 1944; note C-47 Skytrain and CG-4A glider aircraft in background | US Marines in a chow line, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 |
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| War correspondent Alan Wood, embedded with men of UK 1st Airborne Division, typing in woods near Arnhem, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 18 Sep 1944 | A heavily loaded Universal carrier during the advance of the British 3rd Division, the Netherlands, 19 Sep 1944 |
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| Aerial view of the bridge over the Nederrijn, near Arhnem, the Netherlands, circa 19 Sep 1944; note British troops and armored vehicles at north end of the bridge | British infantry carrying assault boats in preparation for crossing the Meuse-Escaut canal at Lille-St Hubert, Belgium, 19 Sep 1944 |
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| Four men of the 1st Paratroop Battalion, British 1st Airborne Division, took cover in a shell hole outside Arnhem, Netherlands, 17-25 Sep 1944 | Inside the conning tower of USS Spot, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 19 Sep 1944 |
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