17-pdr anti-tank gun of the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, British Guards Armoured Division, guarding the approaches to Nijmegen Bridge, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944Bedford MWD trucks and other vehicles of the 4th Wiltshire Regiment, British 43rd Division, Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944British engineers removing German demolition charges from the bridge at Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944PBM Mariner aircraft of Flight Lieutenant Fox, No. 41 Squadron RAAF, in flight from Townsville, Australia to Port Moresby, New Guinea, 21 Sep 1944
17-pdr anti-tank gun of the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, British Guards Armoured Division, guarding the approaches to Nijmegen Bridge, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944Bedford MWD trucks and other vehicles of the 4th Wiltshire Regiment, British 43rd Division, Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944British engineers removing German demolition charges from the bridge at Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944PBM Mariner aircraft of Flight Lieutenant Fox, No. 41 Squadron RAAF, in flight from Townsville, Australia to Port Moresby, New Guinea, 21 Sep 1944
Secretary of War Henry Stimson presenting Brigadier General Theordore Roosvelt, Jr.’s posthumous Medal of Honor to his widow, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, Washington DC, 21 Sep 1944.Sergeant J. Whawell and Sergeant J. Turl of the UK Glider Pilot Regiment searching a damaged ULO school for German snipers, Kneppelhoutweg, Oosterbeek, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944
Secretary of War Henry Stimson presenting Brigadier General Theordore Roosvelt, Jr.’s posthumous Medal of Honor to his widow, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, Washington DC, 21 Sep 1944.Sergeant J. Whawell and Sergeant J. Turl of the UK Glider Pilot Regiment searching a damaged ULO school for German snipers, Kneppelhoutweg, Oosterbeek, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 21 Sep 1944


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