Category:Airborne Monument (Veghel)
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English: The 'Airborne Monument' remembers the citizens of Veghel to the September 17, 1944 landings by the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, as part of Operation Market Garden. The radio call sign of this division was 'Kangaroo'.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
PEOPLE OF THE NETHERLANDS
The inscription reads:
IN HONOR
OF THE HEROES OF THE
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
U.S. ARMY UNDER
COMMAND OF GENERAL
MAXWELL D. TAYLOR
OPERATION
MARKET-GARDEN
17SEPT. 1944–28NOV. 1944
NOORD-BRABANT
GELDERLAND
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
PEOPLE OF THE NETHERLANDS
Nederlands: Het 'Airborne-monument' herinnert de inwoners van Veghel aan de landing op 17 september 1944 van het 501ste Regiment van de 101st Airborne Division in het kader van Operation Market Garden. De radiocodenaam van deze divisie was 'Kangoeroe'.
DE REGERING EN HET
VOLK VAN NEDERLAND.
De inscriptie luidt:
TER EERE
VAN DE HELDEN VAN DE
101STE LUCHTLANDINGSDIVISIE
VAN HET AMERIKAANSE LEGER
ONDER COMMANDO VAN GENERAAL
MAXWELL D. TAYLOR
OPERATIE
MARKET GARDEN
17 SEPT. 1944 - 28 NOV. 1944
NOORD-BRABANT
GELDERLAND
DE REGERING EN HET
VOLK VAN NEDERLAND.
Media in category "Airborne Monument (Veghel)"
The following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total.
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2012 Dodenherdenking en St. Barbaragilde.jpg 4,320 × 3,240; 4.62 MB
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2012 Dodenherdenking.jpg 4,320 × 3,240; 4.91 MB
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2013 Bevrijdingsdag.JPG 4,320 × 3,240; 5.2 MB
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Bevrijdingsherdenking in Veghel (1959) - Spiegel van Nederland nr. 39 Veghel - 62795.ogv 1 min 10 s, 720 × 576; 19.67 MB
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Meierijstad veghel airborne-monument-detail.jpg 1,775 × 1,212; 1.12 MB
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Meierijstad veghel airborne-monument.jpg 1,782 × 1,336; 1.15 MB
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Veghel (N-Br, NL) War memorial.JPG 2,304 × 3,072; 3.07 MB