Story by Sandra Wilson | U.S. Army Garrison Benelux | 04.16.2025
Twenty-six flimsy canvas boats struck across the Dutch Waal River in broad daylight under heavy enemy fire in what could have been considered a suicide mission on Sept. 20, 1944. This operation to capture the Waal (Road) Bridge and the Nijmegen Railway Bridge in the Netherlands stood as part of the World War II Operation Market Garden....
Story by Pfc. Michael Ybarra | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.23.2019
2019 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, a pivotal operation that liberated many towns and villages in the Netherlands....
Story by Sgt. Jessica Kuhn | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 10.19.2011
Smoke hazed in the air as the soldiers began to push their assault boats into the water as bullets were already flying past their heads. In the not so far distance, they could hear the loud echoes of machine guns going off....
