Grave Bridge, Netherlands, captured by US paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division on 17 September 1944 during Operation Market Garden

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The Grave Bridge which was captured by US paratroops from the 82nd Airborne Division on 17th September 1944 during Operation Market Garden. It is now named the John S. Thompson Bridge to honour the young US Lieutenant who captured the bridge with a platoon of only 16 men.

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: John S. Thompson Bridge, Grave, Netherlands
Photo credit: © Roger Goodwin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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