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The vital bridge at Arnhem, the Netherlands after the British paratroops had been driven back, 17-25 Sep 1944	US Marine M1919 Browning machine gun crew, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944

US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944	US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944

USAAF S/Sgt Joseph Curreri, Lt Joseph Andrews, and 1st Lt Guido Brassesco near Bladel, the Netherlands after their C-47 aircraft was shot down, Sep 1944	USAAF Staff Sergeant Joseph Curreri, crew of C-47 aircraft 'Clay Pigeon', and members of the Dutch resistance near Bladel, the Netherlands, Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2

USAAF Staff Sergeant Joseph Curreri, crew of C-47 aircraft 'Clay Pigeon', and members of the Dutch resistance near Bladel, the Netherlands, Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2	Vickers machine guns of 2nd Middlesex Regiment, British 3rd Division firing in support of troops crossing the Meuse-Escaut (Maas-Schelde) Canal at Lille-St. Hubert, Belgium, 20 Sep 1944

17-pdr anti-tank gun of the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, British Guards Armoured Division, guarding the approaches to Nijmegen Bridge, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944	Bedford MWD trucks and other vehicles of the 4th Wiltshire Regiment, British 43rd Division, Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944

British engineers removing German demolition charges from the bridge at Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944	PBM Mariner aircraft of Flight Lieutenant Fox, No. 41 Squadron RAAF, in flight from Townsville, Australia to Port Moresby, New Guinea, 21 Sep 1944

Secretary of War Henry Stimson presenting Brigadier General Theordore Roosvelt, Jr.’s posthumous Medal of Honor to his widow, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, Washington DC, 21 Sep 1944.	Sergeant J. Whawell and Sergeant J. Turl of the UK Glider Pilot Regiment searching a damaged ULO school for German snipers, Kneppelhoutweg, Oosterbeek, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944

Bow view of USS Spot, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 22 Sep 1944	Major General Robert E. Urquhart of UK 1st Airborne Division planting the airborne flag outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Netherlands, 22 Sep 1944

Port side view of USS Spot, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 22 Sep 1944	Stern view of USS Spot, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 22 Sep 1944

British 1st Airborne soldiers using parachutes to signal to Allied supply aircraft from the grounds of Division HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, Netherlands, 23 Sep 1944	British Royal Engineers 1st Para Squadron Cpl John Humphreys, Cpl Charles Weir, Lt Dennis Simpson, Cpt Eric Mackay at Nijmegen, Holland, recreating their escape from German captivity, 23 Sep 1944