Easy Company have been ordered to participate in Operation Market Garden in Holland. In “Replacements”, we see a number of tanks in action. This meant that the Allied forces’ hopes to end the war by Christmas 1944 were unsuccessful. While Operation Market Garden predominantly used airborne forces in hopes of securing the bridges, however, after a series of failures and unexpected resistance, troops evacuated. The jumps this day were made at the Airborneweg, Sint-Oedenrode, just next to Son.Parachutes open overhead as waves of paratroops land in Holland during operations by the 1st Allied Airborne Army.
You can check their site for information or search for the 101st Airborne Division Parachute Demonstration Team – Screaming Eagles online. It seems it is not a yearly event, we came across the website of Parachute Group Holland which announced the jumps at Son. Here the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment had its drop zone. The photographs are made by Landmark Scout at Son – Paulushoef Dropzone “C”. Easy company helped to free over 100 British soldiers trapped in the Arnhem area as described in operation Pegasus.Īll in all 6.641 paratroopers from the 101st Airborne division would land in Holland during September 1944. Unfortunately operation Market Garden was beaten back by the German army. As operation Market Garden progressed the rest of the 101st Airborne Division joined the 82nd Airborne Division on the island to the north of Nijmegen In the following days they successfully defended the town of Veghel but failed to take the City of Helmond. The engineers constructed a bridge and Easy and the other companies moved on to Eindhoven. While closing in on the bridge near Son the 2nd battalion met stiff resistance and while they were under heavy fire the Germans blew up the bridge while it was within the paratroopers grasp. They landed at the Sonsche forest, north west of the town of Son and marched into Son with 2nd battalion ‘s other two companies.
The 501st PIR, Parachute Infantry Regiment, Landed between Schijndel and Best, two other Dutch towns, and the 506st PIR near Son, Easy Company was part of the latter. Easy company participated in Market Garden and jumped near the town of Son on 16 September in 1944.
In this book he follows Easy company during World War Two. The history of the 101st Airborne Division is written down by Stephen Ambrose in his book, Band of Brothers.
101st Airborne Division Parachute Demonstration Team – Screaming Eagles at Son
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