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Drop Zone 'T' Became A Glider Landing Zone As Well COMBAT FATALITIES

Flight Officer Dana T. Mudd
stands in front of his invasion striped glider.  Note two other gliders in background.

Flight Officer Dana T. Mudd
a 91st TCS glider pilot after landing near Groesbeek.
   After a few days in the Nijmegen area, he and other glider pilots made their way south towards Brussels. They ended up in the fighting near Veghel where the Germans cut the corridor. Dana Mudd was reported MIA. Today he is buried at Neuville-en-Condroz.

2 October 1944
at Regimental HQ, after the shelling. The bodies of Martin Jones, Richard Thomas, George Hartman, and Clyde Fisher lie covered by a tarp. 
   It is believed that the two troopers standing and looking down are John Danko and Harry Hudec.
   It is also thought that the body with his hands visible is Richard Thomas.

(courtesy of John West)
(Commentary by Hans den Brokre.  Both photos taken in Holland by Mr. Jaap Beijnes and provided courtesy of Capt. Rex Combs collection.)

 


 

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