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Lt. H.S. Dean, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment By now the whole situation was very serious, casualties were high and ammunition low... |
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Heinz Ackermann, Unteroffierzierschule der Luftwaffe
für Nachtjagd I lost a lot of friends in the attack on Driel... |
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Slawomir Kwiatkowski, 1st Polish Independant
Parachute Brigade Group We saw the row of soldiers waiting and eventually no more boats to cross... |
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Tonny Gieling, Red Cross Volunteer The hospital was taking regular hits from artillery shells by this time.... |
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Edwin M. Clemens, Pvt. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82 Airborne Division. Someone was throwing rocks at me and one hit my helmet. “I thought you were dead,” Holmstock said.... |
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'RH', 2nd Parachute Battalion The German came up to him and said one word 'TERRORIST' and shot this brave youngster through the head.... |
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Alfred Ringsdorf, Stormtrooper - Waffen SS British Machinegun fire hit my prisoner in stead of me.... |
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Jerzy H. Dyrda, 1st Polish Independant Parachute Brigade
Group Now I had to ask myself why Horrocks didn't want that another Polish officer to be a witness of the conference.... |
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James J.Meyers, 1st Lt. 82 Airborne Division Everything was ready. Equipment and supply bundles, loaded the previous night, hung from pararacks beneath the aircraft... |
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Daniel Wright, 11th Parachute Battalion He laughed and said " when you go home to England in five years time you will speak German".... |
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Norman Howes, South Staffordshire Regiment On the way we found a jeep, complete with Vickers Machine Gun and loaded trailer, in the possession of two Germans.... |
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Erwin Heck, Westgruppe In some occasions we occupied one floor of a house and the enemy another.... |
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Jim Connely, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA This was the start of the worst days that I can remember.... |
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Les Davison, 3rd Parachute Battalion I dumped the bicycle on the street and actually sat down and cried in frustration... |
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Theo Redman, 133 (Parachute) Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. I landed in a wood north of the D.Z., missing the trees, and found Pte. J. Leech at my side.. |
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Horst Weber, Frundsberg Division We were expecting attacks from the Dutch resistance in our back.... |
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John Aitken, 7th Bn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers We held out there till our ammunition finally ran out and we were taken prisoner.... |
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Stan Livesey Off we set again, only to find out that we had landed in the middle of the enemies.... |
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David Jebbitt 181st Field Ambulance It was there that I was moved as a very reluctant guest of the third Reich after being captured in Holland.... |
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Bert Harget, Glider Pilot Regiment I flew over Arnhem from Down Apney on the second day as 1st Pilot of a Horsa Glider towed by a Dakota.... |
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Fred Moore, 1st Parachute Battalion An enemy strong point on the other side of the river, armed with heavy canons raked our exposed flank.... |
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Donald Parker, Glider Pilot Regiment Our Glider was loaded with a jeep and a field gun, plus 5 gunners and gun ammunition.... |
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David H Fulton Royal Corps of Signals I doubt that I will ever go in a Glider again but am glad that I was able to complete my mission, even if I was 53 years late! |
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Don Hardman , 3rd Parachute Battalion There was a Dutch girl, named Annie Brink, who showed me the way to the prison... |
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Leonard Dennis Moss , 4th Parachute Brigade But as the glider's nose points down towards the ground it broke up in mid-air.... |
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Ronald Graydon 1st Border
Regiment It was hell going on, we dodged a self-propelled gun |
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Leo Hall 3 battery - E troop 1st
Airlanding Light Regiment They came in, the Waffen SS, to help us out. |
