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    WWII Veterans Return to Groesbeek 81 Years After Market Garden to Share Stories with Dutch Students [Image 8 of 10]

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    WWII Veterans Return to Groesbeek 81 Years After Market Garden to Share Stories with Dutch Students

    GROESBEEK, NETHERLANDS

    09.18.2025

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Kim 

    U.S. Army Europe and Africa     

    World War II veteran Lester “Les” Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces ball-turret gunner and prisoner of war, receives a letter from Dutch schoolchildren during a remembrance event in Groesbeek, Sept. 18, 2025. Schrenk was captured after his B-17 was shot down and endured eight months in captivity before liberation in 1945.

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    Date Taken: 09.18.2025
    Date Posted: 09.18.2025 09:07
    Photo ID: 9323775
    VIRIN: 250918-A-NX575-1009
    Resolution: 7008x4672
    Size: 4.27 MB
    Location: GROESBEEK, NL

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