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Operation Market Garden Commemorations

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1500 paratroopers jumped Saturday, during day one of the four day long Operation Market Garden Commemorations.

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6 Responses to “Operation Market Garden Commemorations”

  1. Chris says:
    September 18, 2017 at 00:19

    For those on Facebook, the WW2 Colourised Photos page has had some great photos and stories of Operation Market Garden today.

  2. Gerard says:
    September 18, 2017 at 01:33

    A Bridge Too Far, is an unforgettable book

  3. maresdesign says:
    September 18, 2017 at 17:24

    On the afternoon of 17 September 1944, Lieutenant Joseph Enthammer, a Wehrmacht artillery officer based in Arnhem, gazed up to the clear skies, hardly believing what he saw – White ‘snowflakes’ appeared to hang in the air. ‘That cannot be’ he thought. ‘It never snows in September!

  4. 32sbct says:
    September 19, 2017 at 02:15

    Are they T-10’s in the first photo. I thought they were all retired?

    • Pete says:
      September 19, 2017 at 15:11

      Lots (actually most, if not all) of non-US Airborne still use round chutes for non-steerable static line ops. Market Garden Airborne Forces were American, British, and Polish. A quick google search shows the 2017 Commemoration had scheduled jumps by British Para’s and US 82nd, so I would guess those are Brit static line chutes. I believe they still use round chutes.