Downed Dakota
A C-47 (in circle) heads to earth after being hit by enemy weapons fire. A Waco glider is seen at left with its nose door swung open.
(Photo courtesy: Lt. Jack French collection) |
 Signpost
At Southern Bridge Approach
advises that Arnhem is 17 kilometers (10 miles) away.
Maastricht the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces is 83 miles
distant.
[courtesy of Rex Combs collection] |
German 88
guards the south approach to the Nijmegen bridge
[courtesy of Rex Combs collection] |
Revisiting The Scene
Lt Rex Combs atop Tiger tank near Bemmel, Holland knocked out with
Gammon Grenades by he and men of 3rd Platoon, Company "A" Sept. 1944. Number
103 on tank = 3rd tank of Staf 1st Squadron.
[courtesy of Rex Combs collection] |
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 German
47mm PaK(t)
location of this anti-tank weapon is uncertain but may have been near the
Nijmegen bridge
[courtesy of Rex Combs collection] |
 Devastated City
The entire city of Nijmegen as it appeared 11days after the assault jump. While the city is in ruins, the strategically important bridge stands unscathed.
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Liberated Town
Local
citizenry watch paratroopers marching by. A few of the troopers take
interest in the ladies as they pass |
508th Meets British 30th Corp
Gen Horrocks (L) talks
with unidentified man while Col. Lindquist and Capt. Walt Silver listen in
(Photo courtesy Tony Rogers) |
 German
POWs are marched to an area where they will be held and ultimately
relocated.
1/Lt Rex Combs wrote on the back of the photo, "The 59 prisoners I took in Wyler, Germany on Sept. 17, 1944".
The prisoners taken was noted on the citation of his first
Silver Star.
[Courtesy Rex
Combs collection] |
