the 1996 guestbook entries

Time: Wed Jan 03 13:25:55 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Par Nilsson
city: Goteborg
country: Sweden
This is a most impressive project. Keep up the good work!

Time: Wed Jan 03 20:58:33 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Richard Green
city: EDMONTON, Alberta
country: Canada
Thank you very much for creating this WWW page on the Battle of Arnhem. My father was a corporal in the RAMC (181 Air Landing Field Ambulance). He died in 1982. As a result of the publication of Martin Middlebrook's book in 1994, I have been in contact with a few of the men of the 181 unit. I have also been in contact with Ruud Kreling in Apeldoorn. He is writing an account of the medical services at Arnhem and has a small museum in Apeldoorn. Keep up the good work!

Time: Wed Jan 03 21:02:31 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Henk van Dijk
city: Etten Leur
country: Netherlands
This is one of the best sites I've come across. This is realy Pay TV.

Time: Thu Jan 04 01:33:45 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: François Perrault
City: Mercier (near Montréal)
country: Québec, Canada
I Want to congratulate you on the magnificient job you're doing on this subject. The intro is by far the best idea I've seen so far on the net. I'm an avid wargamer and I visited your site as a research on that battle, for a game I intend to play soon "V for Victory, Market Garden" by Atomic Hill. I can't thank you enough for the maps that you included. Sinceraly it's one of the greatest sites I've seen. François

Time: Thu Jan 04 04:01:03 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Martin de Vries
City: currently: Lubbock, Texas
country: USA
Hi there, A friend of mine pointed me to this site, which he knew it was absolutely a must for me to see. I've checked it out real quick, this week there's no time to go through all of your stuff thoroughly, but I feel obliged to tell you that I can't wait to visit this site again. Wow, this is pretty neat. Since a couple of years I've been interested, fascinated is the better word, in the battle of Arnhem, and I've even been there twice just to visit the airborne museum and the former battle ground. It is great to see these things on the web. I finished a huge pile of books about this subject, and I never seem to be able to put it aside. Also I would like to get into contact with people to share information. Anyway, keep this up.

Time: Sat Jan 06 11:48:33 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Peter Collingwood
city: Durban
country: South Africa
This is the best historical site I have found on the web. Keep up the great work.

Time: Sat Jan 06 18:41:31 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Rodrigus
city: Brasschaat
country: Belgium
Fantastische site , hier heb ik ik weer wat bijgeleerd op gebied van presentatie. Wat is Uw motivatie ? Groetjes , Bob.

Time: Sun Jan 07 17:53:09 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: Greg Yarnold
city: Wichita,KS
country: U.S.A.
You have done a great job on the web page. I am looking forward to periodically checking back, and seeing what improvments have been made. Except for a few misspellings looks good. I have also been interested in Operation Market-Garden since I was young. I am sure this web page will make more people interested in it.

Time: Tue Jan 09 00:41:54 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Majid Entezam
city: Irvine, California
country: USA
I REALLY enjoyed it!!  I am very facinated with the entire battle. I have read the book and seen the movie "A Bridge Too Far". Infact, I even bought a very realistic (award winning) computer game that re-enacts the entire battle. (the game is V For Victory - Market Garden). I have tried many scenerios (playing the German side) in the game to see if the Germans ever had a chance in containing the XXX Corps drive north to Arnhem. Anyways, as a fan of WWII, I found this to be very detailed and accurate. The only thing I wish you can add to this URL is the struggle of the British XXX Corps in its drive towards Arnhem. The Germans did well in blocking the British advance on highway 69 (Hell's Highway); Particularly, the 107th Pz Brigade. That is about the only suggestion I can make. Nevertheless, I comend you for your hard work. Great job and keep up the good work. Majid Entezam

Time: Tue Jan 09 19:04:32 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Ian Gibson
city: Dordrecht
country: Holland
I have been very interested in this battle for many years now ,first visiting Hartestein in the late 70's, and I was most surprised (and pleased) to find this site's existence. I am in particular looking for a detailed map of the Oosterbeek area during the battle. Also I am looking in particular for photographs by Jacobsen and Wenzel. I would be most happy if you could help me with these enquiries. Thank you. Keep up the good work!

Time: Wed Jan 10 10:30:34 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: John Wightman
city: Tauranga
country: New Zealand
I was not a participant in this operation but I served in the Royal Air Force from 1939 to 1945. One of my acquaintances was a glider pilot who lost his arm at the elbow (result of wound from a German tank shell). I am still very interested in the history of the Second World War. John.

Time: Wed Jan 10 19:22:52 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: John Becker
city: Livonia, Michigan 48150
country: USA
Ever since I saw "A Bridge Too Far" back in 1977, when I was just 11 years old, I have been obsessed with Operation Market-Garden. I am now 30 and have collected a large assortment of books and articles about the battle as well as the making of the movie. I have a particular love for the British Airborne forces, not to slight our own 82nd, 101st and 9th Troop Carrier Command and 9th AAF boys. As an intermediate military miniture modeler, I have dedicated my hobby to the depiction of various scenarios of the battle. ANYTHING dealing with Operation Market-Garden is of profound interest to me. I have also collected and played a number of military war games of the battle, both board and computer. WWII history is a fascination for me but this particular date in time is strangely solemn and enormously interesting to me and always will be. I hope to someday visit the Arnhem/Oosterbeek area, Nijmegen, and the Hartenstein Hotel, as well as Aldershot and the IWM. PLEASE know that I find this WWW site extremely enjoyable and will return to it when I have more time. Vielen Dank. Sgt. John Becker, Michigan Air National Guard.

Time: Thu Jan 11 06:47:05 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Leo J. Remiger
city: Anchorage
country: USA
Absolutely superb - excellent ideas and presentation.  Look forward to more information on the German involvement.

Time: Thu Jan 11 13:47:50 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Chris
city: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria
country: Germany
REALLY GREAT SITE!

Time: Fri Jan 12 07:12:05 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: TAKASHI Uchida
city: Tokyo
country: Japan

Time: Fri Jan 12 17:54:27 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Mack W. Shortt
city: Calgary
country: Alberta
Your presentation is fantastic!  I visited Oosterbeek for the first time in April of 1995 and plan to return this spring. An expansion of your study area to include all Market Garden events would be great.  My wife's grandparents lived near the Koevering on Hell's Highway and now in Schijndel. They remember well the men of the 101st! Keep up the good work. By the way, anybody out there interested in collecting out of print books on the subject?

Time: Fri Jan 12 19:13:34 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Alex McCusker
city: Geneva
country: Switzerland
Hi Andries, I'm quite impressed with your site. I found it through www.sonic.net/~bstone, a WW II site. I'm a long-time board gamer including lots of games on Market-Garden. I was particularly impressed by the variety of sources and connections you have set up. The Newsflash was quite interesting.  Your only weak point appears to be spelling (which has two "l" s).  All the best, Alex

Time: Sat Jan 13 16:12:21 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: DeWitt Shank
city: Lewisburg, West Virginia
country: USA
Thanks for your work. Like many of your visitors, I'm sure, I have and play regularly the V for Victory Market Garden war game. I haven't completely looked at your site, but it appears this will be of much help to me in understanding and playing the game better!

Time: Sat Jan 13 23:24:58 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Mike Velting
city: Farmington Hills, MI 48335
country: USA
Really neat. Great job. I was fascinated by the movie. I am of Dutch heridity. The movie seemed to be very accurate. Keep up the good work!

Time: Sun Jan 14 15:52:26 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Ole Henrik Thune
city: Trondheim
country: Norway
I am currently a student at the Norwegian Air Force Academy and we are about to start working with "Market Garden" next week in our english classes. I enjoyed finding this article with new interesting details that I couldn`t find in our books. Thank you for the help.

Time: Mon Jan 15 02:50:44 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: John W. Domitrek
city: Welland
country: Ontario, Canada
Hello from Canada, Your work here is beautiful. Let me say that the remembrance of those who made the supreme sacrifice so that we may be able to do what we do now is something I hope the world never forgets.

Time: Mon Jan 15 10:31:02 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Arno Verhoeven
city: Eindhoven
country: The Netherlands
Prachtige site. Een van de betere. Goed gedaan en ga zo door.

Time: Mon Jan 15 18:22:24 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Kevin Kitowski
city: Danbury, CT
country: USA
This is a really terrific project. I read the 'Bridge too Far' book and saw the film. Also I have been to Arnhem several time and have gone to the museum. I have not explored your entire project yet and I look forward to visiting this site alot in the future. Kevin Kitowski

Time: Wed Jan 17 05:29:21 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: Larry Ostrom
city: Abilene
country: Kansas USA
Hello, I found this very interesting. It was just by chance that I happened on to this site. We had a young man from Arnhem live with us for about six months last year. This made reading about Arnhem even more interesting. I would also be pleased to hear from someone in Arnhem by Email. Thank you for the chance to comment and I will make it a point to come back soon. Thank you again. Larry

Time: Wed Jan 17 21:35:56 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Lt Albert D. Pestana
city: Johannesburg
country: South Africa
Congratulations. I have enjoyed the short tour of your site.

Time: Wed Jan 17 23:43:58 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: Jimmy Lin
city: Guelph
country: Canada
Great and please finish it,so I can read all of it.  Moreover, you can do some WWII battle in a new homepage. I bet it will be excellant.

Time: Fri Jan 19 21:57:15 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Dan Dubbel
city: Laurel, MD
country: USA
I am interested in this battle more than any other battle in WWII since it contained so many compelling stories. Both sides had overwhelming force in one theater of the battle, and both sides were fighting desperately to delay and hold-on in the other theater. I have played several games based on this battle, and I find it extremely interesting to experience the logistical and tactical difficulties encountered by both sides. I haven't fully explored this site, but I would be greatly interested in personal accounts of specific portions of the battle. I will look for them, but if they are not yet included, I would find them a valuable future addition. The photos are wonderful! They give life to the descriptions. Great job!

Time: Sat Jan 20 09:02:31 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Daniel Batten
city: Stanhope, New Jersey
country: USA
Andries, Well done! I have spent over two hours reading your Market Garden site, and I think it's fantastic! I am most impressed with the amount of detail you provided, especially your information about the men who took part in the battle. Congratulations on a fine job! -Daniel Batten

Time: Sat Jan 20 03:43:09 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: Per Andersson
city: Umea
country: Sweden
Brilliant!!!

Time: Sat Jan 20 23:02:18 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: CPT. Arthur Yap, 426 Singapore Armour Regiment, Reserves
city:
country:Singapore
Very impressive work. Have been researching Market Garden myself. Will try to help if I can, but suspect that sources not as good as yours.

Time: Sun Jan 21 16:48:29 1996
subject: Keep up with the good work.
name: Shlomo Mastbaum
city: Tel-Aviv
country: Israel
You have done a very detailed and excellent job. It is very easy by your job the get the right picture of the battle scene. As I said before, Keep on with the good work.

Time: Mon Jan 22 01:13:36 1996
subject: Comments on the Market Garden project.
name: Johan Linder
city: Saint Peter
country: United States (org. from Sweden)
Congratulations on a great job! I'm really impressed by your site. I really like the interface you have created with the CGI script, and the way you have lined up everything. I'm connected with a 19,2 kbs modem, but I think that this did not matter at all. You have been very successful taking in consideration that all the users on the Internet are not hooked up to a high-speed network. The only thing I can complain about is the spelling, but this is a minor detail. Take care man, and keep up the good work!

Time: Mon Jan 22 01:58:23 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Michael Keffer
city: Topeka, Kansas
country: United States of America
I am an avid history buff, and have read many things about Operation Market Garden in the past.  What I have seen of this presentation so far is quite impressive!  Keep up the great work!

Time: Thu Jan 25 15:29:03 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Joost Hart
city: Groningen
country: Nederland
Dit is de beste page die ik in tijden heb gezien, iets anders dan die rechtsextremistische troep die tegenwoordig ten toon wordt gespreid! Ga zo door!

Time: Thu Jan 25 14:52:00 1996
subject: Wow ! This is really good!
name: Ken Day
city: Cambridge
country: UK
Dear Andries, May I congratulate you on your WWW page about Operation Market Garden. I am just old enough to remember the battle, and my Father was with the Essex Regiment when the town was liberated in April 1945. The Dutch people, althoughstarving, gave the British troops a civic reception and the Mayor gave my Father hundreds of Dutch postage stamps for my Mother. My brother still has them. Because of this, I was always interested in the battle, but it was not until 1983, when I went to a conference in Wageningen, that I was able to get to Arnhem. The following year, my wife and I, with two friends, went there on holiday. My friend, Fred, had a brother who was a pilot with the 21st. Independent Parachute Brigade and he was wounded and captured. Reports came back that because of his wounds, the SS shot him. My friend's father destroyed all evidence of his dead son's existence, and you can imagine the effect on Fred when, in the Hartenstein, we found a photograph of the 21st.IPB, with Fred's brother on it. He went outside and wept - after 30 years! I was privileged to be in Arnhem for the 50th. anniversary of the Battle, and the kindness, friendliness of the Dutch people was overwhelming. I travelled with members of the Parachute Regiment Association (although I have no connection with the Paras) and among them were about a dozen veterans of the battle. One of them said to a Dutch woman, "You Dutch are all mad."  "Why?" she asked. "Because all we brought you was death, destruction and starvation and still you welcome us."   "Ah, but you brought us freedom!" was her reply. I joined with the congregation in the church in Ede for the broadcast of the service from Oosterbeek cemetary and here, too, we were made most welcome. My only regret about my visit in 1994 was that I was unable to buy one of the special flags designed for the anniversary.   I even wrote to the Mayor! Perhaps if you manage to see one for sale, please get it for me. I will, of course, pay! I am returning to Wageningen in October this year, and I will again make a pilgrimage to Arnhem and Oosterbeek. Please keep up the good work in bringing the history of Market Garden to the world. With very best wishes, Ken

Date =16 FEb 96
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Greg Taylor
city = Shreveport
country = USA
Sir, Your Market-Garden web sight is, without question, the finest thing I have ever seen on the Internet. I am thoroughly impressed. Thank you for your dedication to this outstanding project. You do the subject and the veterans, honor with the quality of your work. May I post your sight on my home page? Superlatives fail me, sir. Just know that you have the finest sight on the web. Thanks.

Date =19 FEb 96
subject =  Congratulations.
name = Matthew Hill.
country = UK
Dear Sir, one would like to congratulate you on your achievement and if you have any queries which you need answering, with regards to operation Market Garden, then please feel free to contact me. Yours sincerely, Matthew Hill.

Date = 27 Feb 96 23:14:33
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Larry Smiththe
city = Tacoma, Washington (state)
country = USA
Your pages were fascinating! I enjoyed the whole thing. My wife's family was from Doetichem. Her parents were in the Dutch resistance. My father was an American soldier as part of the 9th Army(US),315th Reg, 79th Infantry Div. attached to Montgomery after the Battle of the Bulge. I am looking for more information on his time in Heerlen and other parts of Holland. As a little boy, I stayed with a Dutch family in Heerlen that had hosted my father during the war. What was ironic, when my father was injured in the war, he was treated in a British field hospital. After the war when he wanted his "purple heart" (medal for combat injury) he was told that only soldiers treated by American doctors received the medal.

Date = 1 Mar 96 15:10:06
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Joseph Jolley
city = Lancaster
country = England
I really enjoyed looking at your page. One small point. The Sten gun you illustrate is a Mark Two not a Mark Four Comment Author: Please contact me again Joseph, I can not send you a response on this e-mail adress! And the arms section is allright now.

Date = 2 Mar 96 03:07:55
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Harlan Glenn
city = North Hollywood
country = USA
Thank you, I very much enjoyed your page, I check it often to see changes. My Uncle was in the 1st Battallion, and was captured at Arnhem. Do you know of any veterans from his unit that I could write to? I would greatly appreciate this! Cheers!

Date = 3 Mar 96 05:45:04
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Mark G. Hibbard
city = Calgary
country = Canada
Your Web site is fabulous. My Dad and I are browsing the site. It is of particular interest to him as he fought in the Canadian Army in WWII in Holland. He came ashore in Normandy and spent time at Nijmegen. Thank You Again. He and I both appreciate your efforts to remember and commemorate these great events in history-forwhich so many died to preserve our freedom and peace. Mark G. Hibbard

Date = 3 Apr 96 09:41:29
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Steven Sosic
city = melbourne
country = australia
comments = awesome

Date = 4 Apr 96 07:14:52
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = huting
city = Zhenjiang
country = China

Date = 5 Apr 96 15:57:55
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Y.Takano
city = fukui
country = Japan

Date = 6 Apr 96 13:24:35
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Rino Francisco
city = Metro Manila
country = Philippines
A very excellent concept. I hope that many would follow your multi media presentation. As a student of military history, I really appreciated this approach. More power!

Date = 14 Apr 96 14:07:49
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = JOSEPH T. LAYNE
city = TIMONIUM, MARYLAND
country = USA
I am very happy to find this type of information on the internet. I am a veteran of world war II and fought a little south of this area. I have written a paper on when they found the remains of 2lt. Willis A. Utecht, company B, 325TH GIR, 82nd Airborne. Our battalion, 172D engineer combat battalion built the road into the US ninth Army Cemetery at Margraten, Holland. I do thank you very much for printing the history of this very important battle. Sincerely, Joe Layne

Date = 20 Apr 96 18:07:25
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = cleto leone
city = virginia beach, va
country = usa
I was in the 101st AB, 501 parachute reg. I dropped in veghel on sept 17, at 1:30pm. I was wounded a few days later. I was briefly captured for 2 hours. I was a platoon combat medic. I jumped with an M-1 rifle. I still have the original maps. We jumped with and part of my reserve chute. I remember assisting some of the dutch people. Cleto

Date = 2 May 96 12:55:12
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = MEURISSE
city = PARIS
country = FRANCE
I find it very interesting and well adapted to the Net. Thanks a lot for this project !

Date = 3 May 96 18:26:36
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Mik O'Connell
city = Salford
country = UK
This is one of the best things I've seen on the net!

Date = 5 May 96 02:51:10
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = Larry Snead
country = Virginia USA
I have been to Arnhem and the Pegasus Museum and have found these pages very interesting. It is a means for me to revisit without having to travel many, many miles. I think you are doing a great job!! I wish you the best!!!

Date = 5 May 96 07:00:18
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Suk-jun Lim
city = Chicago
country = USA
I must tell you that your site is very informative and well created. I read (and saw) your site with great enthusiasm and wish that you keep up the great work. Being a novice at the subject of Market Garden, I'm sorry that I can't offer any information. However, as a person interested in World War II history, I think that your site is wonderful and well constructed. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Suk-jun Lim

Date = 7 May 96 05:48:17
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Michael Richmond
city = N. Little Rock, AR 72116
country = USA
Fantastic, such a labor of love.

Date = 8 May 96 10:28:39
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name =Steve
country = HongKong
Excellent Job, very well done.  I see that there is a lot of research done on this project. The photos and maps really helps a lot. One problem is that I found that every page is loaded with Lots of data !! May be it's better to cut down the size of each page.

Date = 9 May 96 02:52:07
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Richard Amtower
city = Carlisle
country = USA
I have been looking for information concerning the grandfather that died when I was a very young lad. He was a Glider Pilot during WWII. I have just started to trace his life and am very glad to see a site such as yours. Thank you.

Date = 10 May 96 09:20:54
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Colin Gelson-Jackson
city = Warrington
country = UK
Dear Andries, Your research into, and presentation of  Operation Market Garden, is a fitting tribute to the men and women who fought and died, so that we all may live in a free society. Thank you again for your effort. Colin.

Date = 10 May 96 21:36:09
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Carmen Falcone III
city = Pittston
country = USA
The best I have found on the net. One thing when I went to print I could not get all of the maps on the same page.

Date = 12 May 96 03:37:52
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = E. H. Robertson
city = Sullivans Island, SC 29482
country = USA
This is wonderful. Thank you for you time/effort. The only problem is it is conflicting with my sleep! I am a Viet Nam veteran, and this gives me quite a wonderful feeling to learn more of the struggles of WWII. Thanks again.

Date = 12 May 96 06:19:31
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Ben Tan
city = Saskatoon
country = Canada
I have been reading about Operation Market Garden. I wondered if someone had put some information about it on the Internet. To my very pleasant surprise, I found your website, and enjoyed tremendously the illustrations and narrative. I congratulate you on a job well done! We in Canada know quite a lot about the war in Holland at the end of 1944 and into 1945. I salute the very brave Dutch people who worked hard with the Allies to liberate the Netherlands. I am also very proud that the Canadian army played a large part later, after Market Garden. Ben Tan

Date = 25 May 96 04:57:11
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = John M. Flora
city = Indianapolis
country = USA
Brilliant piece of work. Easily the best historical site I've seen on the World Wide Web.

Date = 27 May 96 02:09:14
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Stuart Fenton
city = Eau Claire, Michigan
country = USA
I found my grandfathers name, J. MacHenry in your Roll of Honor under the 2 Airlanding A-Tank Battery. I further intend to visit your site many times in the future. If by some longshot anyone could provide me information on John MacHenry, I would be endlessly greatful.

Date = 30 May 96 01:43:19
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Dave Hall
city = San Jose, California
country = USA
An exceptionally good job, both your website, and the job of keeping the memory of Market-Garden alive. I have read fairly extensively about WWII, and have always been facsinated by the M/G operation, especially since I read the Cornelius Ryan account. I am very impressed technically (and esthetically) with your website.  Thanks!  Dave

Date = 17 Jun 96 19:59:33
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Victor Chiu
city = Hong Kong
You have done a really good job!  I have never found such a comprehensive wite site before. However, it may be the result of distant connection, the loading speed is very low!  While I am typing this message, the loading speed is  75 bytes/sec. Keep on working. I will visit this site frequently.

Date = 18 Jun 96 14:31:55
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = John G. Herman
city = Jefferson City, Missouri
country = U.S.A.
I am a collector and arm-chair historian of The British Airborne. I had the honor and pleasure of visiting Arnhem/Oosterbeek in October, 1989. I may have even walked by your house on a Sunday morning when I went looking for houses pictured in a book I bought at the Museum.  I still remember vividly the overwhelming sadness when I visited the cemetery.  I was amazed at how small the perimeter around Oosterbeek really was and how the Driel Heights looked right down on were the Poles tried to cross. I would like very much to return someday. In the meantime I use my collection for displays at museums and living history events. I currently do not have a web site and am accessing this thru a site at my companies training center in North Carolina I work for Siemens). My home postal address is P.O. Box 1174, Jefferson City, MO  65102. Keep up the good work, you're presentation is done in the highest standards of the men it honors.

Date = 19 Jun 96 02:30:33
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = Ken Wadland
city = Grafton, Massachusetts
country = USA
Found your site while researching Arnhem for a hotel. (We plan to visit the Open Air Museum there.) It is sites like yours that will make history come alive for the next generation. The graphics were excellent and fast, despite crossing the Atlantic.

Date = 19 Jun 96 17:33:22
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Darby Holmes
city = New York
country = USA
Thank you for a very well done report.I look forward to seeing your work on the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions. My eldest son is a jumpmaster with the 82nd and my youngest son graduated jump school this past Friday. I collect airborne patches and jumpwings. Again, Thank You.  Darby Holmes

Date = 20 Jun 96 02:30:58
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Mike Kirkwood
city = Kearney Nebraska
country = USA
This is very good. I have studied this battle for years and find your page very informative.  Keep up the good work.

Date = 20 Jun 96 23:23:35
resulturl = thanks.htm
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = L.W. Ho
city = Cambridge, Massachusetts
country = U.S.A.
This is easily the best WW2 web page I have visited. Your time and thought in putting this together is very much appreciated. Please keep up the good work in further expanding the project. One suggestion: you may want to consider giving some references on which your material is based for those who are interested.

Date = 21 Jun 96 15:05:53
subject = Yes I vote for this topic!
name = rich myrvik
city = vermillion
country = usa
I have greatly enjoyed your page and the work you put into it. Thank you for sharing what you have learned with us, it seems as we get older we have less time to study that which we really enjoy.

Date = 23 Jun 96 21:34:11
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = J.R. Ross
city = Jacksonville, FL
country = USA
I have beeb here before but I am always amazed at all the work you have done. My son and I just watched the movie A BRIDGE TOO FAR on TV and I wanted him to see this. Really good and I will come back and visit again. J.R.

Date = 25 Jun 96 21:41:31
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Steve Galiotto
city = Washington DC
country = US
This is the most moving site I have ever seen on the net !! I had an uncle that I never met that was a paratrooper involved with Market Garden. I'm not sure if he died at Arnhem or Nijmegen. But he was the stuff of legends when I was growing up. He is now buried in a US cemetery in Belgium. I am planning to soon move to England and hope to visit Thank you for a most awe inspiring site, Steve.

Date = 29 Jun 96 00:06:54
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Jack M. Janicke
city = Butler NJ 07405
country = USA
I lost my closest boyhood friend in Marketgarden. I was with U.S. 106th Infantry Divison at the time so I was not at that battle. Thanks for a great effort in memorializing and documeting this affair. Jack M. Janicke

Date = 2 Jul 96 05:39:24
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Rodolfo Cozzi
city = La Plata
country = Argentina

Date = 3 Jul 96 05:29:48
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = STEFAN ODENHAMMER
city = KARLSKRONA
country = SWEDEN
My name is Stefan Odenhammer and once I believed that I knew all about Market Garden but you have showed me that there is still much to learn. I have been to Arnhem and the museum 3 or 4 times and I also build dioramas after photographs and so on. I hope you keep up whit this project so there are going to be more fakts every time I look too the pages...

Date = 3 Jul 96 04:15:50
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Jim Rose
City = Plainville, Massachusetts
country = U.S.A
I really appreciate your hard work. I have visited your site many times and hope to eventually see it all. I think D Day would be a great next project.  Thanks again.....Jim Rose

Date = 7 Jul 96 23:42:41
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Mike Croezen
city = Drayton, Ontario
country = Canada
A terrific WEBSITE! Thank you for putting such a vast amount of information about the whole Operation Market Garden and the "liberation" of Holland on the internet. My father was 15 and living in Coevorden when Holland was liberated and it is nice to get more history on the subject! Thanks and keep up the good work! Mike Croezen

Date = 13 Jul 96 18:02:29
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = victor luna
city = reynosa
country = mexico
definitly awesome page!

Date = 14 Jul 96 16:07:33
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Mark Valderama
city = San Antonio, Texas
country = United States of America
I was a military brat and my father was stationed at Bitburg, Germany for eight years. I was very intrigued with WWII and especially Operation: Market-Garden. A Bridge Too Far, by Cornelius Ryan is one of my favorite books. I have visited the museum in Arnhem and enjoyed it very much. Someday, I hope to return again and show my children that freedom does have a price.

Date = 18 Jul 96 13:02:34
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Nickname:Waddle
country = Singapore
Dear Andries, I was browsing thru this web site....I came here for the purpose of education (I'm doing WW II for History this year),but after looking at the pictures,reading the tragedies and viewing the figures of the dead,I could not bring myself to focus on the purpose of education it was all too devastating,but also inspirationalfor those who had the courage and who sacrificed themselves to the war for the purpose of peace. On to happier topics. I really like your website it's very impressive,one of the best on WWII I've seen so far, one with the most extensive display of maps,figures and pictures as well. Keep up the good work!!! And in case if at anytime you're feeling fustrated over designing a page,I hope that you'll remember that this page will remind us----the younger generation----not to repeat the same mistakes which led to this war,and remember that this website will make us aware of the many who died,as well as
give us a reason to commemarate those who fought in WW II. Yours sincerely: Waddle.

Date = 19 Jul 96 12:55:46
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Pekka Sormunen
city = Helsinki
country = Finland
Hi! Your Market Garden -page is something I've been looking for! I'm familiar with the battle bacause I've played V for Victory (Atomic Games) quite a lot. Do you know it? It is a hex-based strategy game: one hex is one square km, and the orders are given for every four hours of game time. I detected some spelling errors in your documents. If you want to, I could make a list of those I managed to notice. Pekka Sormunen

Date = 20 Jul 96 18:30:54
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Jay J. Jensen
city = Springfield,Missouri
country = USA
Thanks for your efforts.  This is an insight into a part of life that my children could probably never come so close to experiencing without this incredible tool. I was born 7-1-52 so I missed WWII. I was raised in Rockford, Illinois which was the home site of the experimental aircraft assn. so I got to meet the pilots of ww2 and Korea. I got to watch the Mustangs, p-38's, Spitfires,Corsairs,Bearcats, etc and hear the stories of the men who were there. This gave me an insight I have not been successful at sharing with my two boys (12and 11) and 1 girl 8. You have a hansome family and thank you for sharing with us.  E-mail me if you have time and inclination.  Jay Jensen, and Jason 12 , Jesse 11, Jocelyn 8, and Wife Mary 33.

Date = 31 Jul 96 17:14:05
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Jasiu Raczynski
city = Warszawa
country = Poland
Hello! You made a very interesting page. The best things are well-scaned photos ( mayby some more will appear in future on these pages... ) and maps. Good job! As You can see, I'm Polish. That's why I'm happy, when I saw so much about Polish soldiers. Jasiu

Date = 6 Aug 96 11:22:59
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Marco Spizzi
city = Milano
country = Italy
Well done!!! Please continue to improve your project.

Date = 15 Aug 96 01:36:15
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = David Kirkendall
city = Houston, Texas
country = USA
Excellent site. I have not reviewed the entire site, so bear with me. I would like to see more material on the actions at the other bridges leading to Arnhem.  In particular, the American river crossing to capture the bridge at Nijmegen remains one of the most incredible river crossings of the entire war. Nonetheless, the British units fighting in Arnhem remain the central drama to this campaign, and your coverage of them is excellent.

Date = 15 Aug 96 05:19:27
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = Randy Barber
city = Timmins
country = Canada
This is one of the most impressive sites on the net. In 1994, my father and I visited a number of WWII battlefields including the Normandy beaches, Dieppe, the Bastonge area and Arnhem. This website rekindled my memories of my trip and reinforced my respect for the men who fought and died for the cause of freedom. Thank you for helping to keep their memory alive. Keep up the good work! Randy "Spitfire" Barber

Date = 17 Aug 96 00:51:33
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Larry Rapaport
city = New York
country = U.S.A.
I have walked the streets of Oosterbeek with my father-in-law and heard about incredible exploits of the resistance. He and many other heros  are greatly appreciated for their silent courage. This wonderful site fills in the  broad story for me and enriches his stories immeasurably. Thanks for a great job on a worthy undertaking.

Date = 21 Aug 96 06:23:04
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = cathy van maren
city = la crosse, wisconsin
country = usa
I've been interested in market garden since my first visit to the netherlands in 1990. I have not made the pilgrimage yet but your site makes me determined to do on my next trip (next spring.) thanks for your hard work. sometime I think it would be educational to know what "punishment" the dutch people received from the nazi's for this attempt. I've heard post market garden was very severe. keep up the good work. I love it!

Date = 23 Aug 96 05:07:57
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Neil Brown
city = Allen, TX
country = USA
This is fantastic! I think that this site proves that the WWW can be a great resource for military historians. Thanks for your efforts.

Date = 1 Sep 96 01:17:02
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Gregorio A. Gutiérrez Pérez
city = Santo Domingo
country = Republica Dominicana
Es muy interesante para los que buscamos información sobre estos hechos. So wonderfull!!!

Date = 2 Sep 96 16:58:09
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = L Zeidler
city = Edison, N.J.
country = USA
An amazingly thorough project. How about one on the Battle of the Bulge? I am a veteran Obergefr. of the German Army from the Russian Front, have been studying up on Operation "Zitadelle" 1943, another interesting subject for a project like yours. Best wishes, Zeidler

Date = 3 Sep 96 23:59:00
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = bill clerx
city = riverside   california
country = the united states
The job you did is tremendous. I am anxious looking forward to read the reports on the 82nd and 101st you are planning to do. i realize the enormous amount of work that you did and still have to do. be assured that generations to come will profit from your work.

Date = 5 Sep 96 04:21:27
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Mark Drolson
city = Ashland, Wisconsin
country = USA
This is unbelievable!!! I have been fascinated by this battle for years! I have only found and read two books on this battle(A Bridge Too Far & Arnham 1944)and have been amazed over this since. Your site on the web about this battle is a memorial to those brave men who lost their lives to bring freedom to the Dutch people. God bless you for putting this out for the people of the world to see.

Date = 5 Sep 96 04:29:42
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = Tim Byers
city = Indianapolis, Indiana
country = USA
This is a great web site. This is an excellent display of how HTML can be used for education. And, the subject, Operation Market Garden, is one of my favorite WWII studies. Currently, I am reading a book called Band of Brothers, a history of E Company from the 506th Parachute Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division. I am eager to read the section   about Market Garden, and to see your future updates on this page. I have read A Bridge Too Far (and seen the film) and have the utmost respect for the courage of all who served in this operation. As one who has not been called upon to serve in the armed forces, I stand amazed at those who faced the terrors of war. I appreciate you for keeping the memory of their heroism alive.

Date = 5 Sep 96 11:13:25
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Skip Kreitz
city = Williamsport PA.
country = USA
Outstanding job! I hope you can continue to develop this site. It is extremely interesting and informative. For those of us who are interested in WWII, sites like this are a fantastic source of information. This goes a long ways toward making the internet not only an information source but also an entertainment media. Keep up the good work.

Date = 10 Sep 96 19:16:44
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Armando Ortega
city = Mexico
country = MEXICO
CONGRATULATIONS ABOUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL PAGE. I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN WWII THEMES FOR A LONG TIME AND I NEVER SEEN AN DIDACTIC AND INETERESTING PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Date = 11 Sep 96 04:05:39
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = John Wilmot
city = Toronto
country = Canada
It's great to see the memory of this important battle is kept alive on the net. I especially liked all the pictures. Keep up the good work. W.O. John Wilmot,Jumpmaster, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

Date = 12 Sep 96 17:52:31
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = Gerard Laanen
city = Den Haag
country = Nederland
Het doet mij goed te zien dat er mensen zijn die niet voorbij gaan aan dat wat er in Nederland gebeurd is in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Mijn vader heeft mij nooit iets willen (of kunnen?) vertellen over zijn verzetsverleden, zijn BS-tijd enzijn tijd bij de OV-ers. Toen ik hem jaren geleden vroeg of hij misschien iets voelde voor het Verzetsherdenkingskruis keek hij mij aan of ik soms gek geworden was en schudde nee met zijn hoofd. Mijn vader is er al tien jaar niet meer en iedere keer als ik in Arnhem bij de oorlogsbegraafplaats kom (sinds kort met mijn twee kinderen) voel ik mijn vader naastmij lopen en hoor hem uitleggen:" Dit was een knaap met een Piat, die liep te zeulen met een Bren, Mills-bommen waren verschrikkelijk onbetrouwbaar maar als ze het deden dan deden ze het ook!". Ik word volgend jaar vijftig en behoor derhalve tot de generatie van net na de oorlog. Ook wij hebben een en ander weggedrukt en tot mijn verbazing merk ik dat ik steeds meer wil weten waarom. Mijn vader heeft nooit antwoord gegeven; deze site ontrafelt weer een beetje van de informatiekluwen. Bedankt!

Date = 13 Sep 96 01:47:35
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Chris Barzyz
city = Belleville,   NJ
country = USA
Great Job!!! Now people will know about a very importaint part of our worlds history. If history is forgotten, some part of all of us dies. Again, Great Job!! Chris

Date = 16 Sep 96 05:19:31
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = John Kaim
city = Dallas, Texas
country = USA
Please, continue the project.  This is the most informative and educational page I have ever read. Thank you!

Date = 17 Sep 96 03:47:05
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = David Peno
city = Centreville, VA
country = United Stated
I was very impressed with your page!  I am looking forward seeing more as you build on it. Tomorrow will be the 52nd annervarsary of the landings. I was not around during the battle, I am 28 years old, I served in the 82d AirborneDivision and feel somehow connected to the brave men that fought in Arnhem. The brotherhood of paratroopers is strong and alive!  Keep up the good work! Dave Peno

Date = 20 Sep 96 19:08:25
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = John D Salt
city = Uxbridge, Middlesex
country = England
Dear Andries, This is without doubt the best site I have yet seen on the WWW.  I'd really like have picked both "Keep up the good work" and "Wow! This is really good!" on the form. I have been interested in the battle of Arnhem since seing a film on it, called "Theirs is the Glory" I think, when I was ten or eleven years old (I'm 36 now).  Although I have read widely about the battle (would it be worth adding a bibliography of Arnhem books to the page, I wonder?) I found a good deal of fresh material here. The detailed map of the area around John Frost bridge is excellent.It was nice to see pictures of the memorials I saw when I visited Arnhem in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of the battle, especially the memorial to the people of Gelderland. Probably best of all was reading the first-hand accounts of Arnhem veterans: I was very touched by the reproduction of the "missing in action" letter, which must be about the most terriblenews a mother can receive. I don't know how you find the time to put in the work a site this good must require, especially with a second child on the way (congratulations!), but I hope you will be able to keep up the excellent work. It is a thoroughly worthwhile project, and I shall certainly be visiting again soon.

Date = 21 Sep 96 15:38:09
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = bert vermeulen
city = westervoort
country = holland
Andries, mijn complimenten voor deze site, zeer informatief. Ik kom zelf uit Arnhem, en mijn vader die de oorlog als jongen heeft meegemaakt heeft me ook altijd veel verhalen er over verteld. Nu kan ik het aan mijn kinderen door vertellen, en nu met beeld en geluid en meer detail. De groeten en veel success met je prachtige website.

Date = 22 Sep 96 02:48:48
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Edward Tannen
city = Jacksonville, Florida
country = USA
It is always a pleasure to encounter someone dedicated to preserving the memory of those who served during the Second World War.  Like most men of my generation (post-war baby boomer), I grew up in a house with an old uniform in the back of my father's closet, and some medals and souvenirs in the attic, but never heard much from him about his experiences
in North Africa and Italy, and never will, because he passed away several years ago. I met a number of veterans of the 101st Airborne Division at a reunion here in Jacksonville two years ago, and had several of them autograph a book I have about operation Market-Garden, and heard a few old war stories as well, so I am very excited about your site. Keep up the good work!

Date = 23 Sep 96 18:39:11
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Lewis Hartman
city = London
country = UK
Nice page! I am looking for info on my father's uncle - John Hartman, who was wounded at the bridge. He was in 2 platoon, A company of the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute regiment. I am looking for veterans who new him before, during and after the war, who can tell me any interesting stories about him for a family book I am writing. If they need to write to me, my address is "ground rear flat, Gloucester place, London NW1 6BU. I look forward to any replies Thanks a lot, Lewis Hartman.

Date = 26 Sep 96 22:48:36
subject = Wow ! This is really good!
name = TSgt Robert H. Wilder, USAF, Retired
city = Theodore, Alabama
country = USA
Not only am I retired from the US Air Force, but am also a military historian. Your presentation of the workings of Market Garden is some of the best I have read so far. Will be waiting to see the final outcome when you have the whole project completed. All the best to you.

Date = 28 Sep 96 16:57:32
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = Eric James
city = Toronto
country = Canada
Congratulations! This is first-rate. I have read most of the accounts of the Arnhem battle; I have visited the area and museum; and still I have learned much from your tour. Again, congratulations and I hope to see more of your effort soon.

Date = 29 Sep 96 10:17:01
subject = I can be of some assistance..
name = Eaglet
city = Singapore
country = Singapore
Go on, what a good work!

Date = 29 Sep 96 19:11:23
subject = Keep up with the good work.
name = Fabio Paracchini
ity = CRUSINALLO (VB)
country = ITALIA
I've been in Oosterbeek recently, and I visited the Hartenstein museum. Your project is really outstanding, and maybe you can include some material that comes from that museum... ust a little comment on the background: sometimes it's hard to read the text due to the background color, maybe a more neutral background will help. THANKS FOR THE REALLY GOOD WORK!

Date = 6 Oct 96 06:00:29
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Robert Arserio
city = Fort Benning, Georgia
country = U.S.A.
Outstanding site. I deployed with the 101st Airborne Division for the 50th anniversary of Market Garden. It was the best time in my military career. I got to see something I had been interested in for a long time. I found the people of the Netherlands so friendly. It was so incredible to be there, from the festivities at Eindoven to the more solemn ceremonies at Arnhem. Thanks for another chance to visit by using your web page. Keep up the good work!

Date = 14 Oct 96 02:21:21
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Scott Hill
city = Washington, DC
country = USA
You've done a great job on your home page. I've written a thesis on Operation Market-Garden for my graduate degree, so I have an interest in the subject. In addition, I've visited Arnhem several times while I was stationed in Europe. I found the Museum very interesting and the people wonderful!

Date = 15 Oct 96 20:38:04
subject = Comments on the Market Garden project.
name = Dave Crowson
city = London
country = UK
I've just finished having the Market Garden Tour, and I'd like to say what an excellent site you've built, I thought it was superb. Keep up the good work.