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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Blood and Tours september 1944 paratroopers dropping onto dutch Fields near gliders which preceded Tom Rosa staff writer he Tel link silently and peacefully flows under the missive Span a Barge occasionally hitchhiking on the Wii Urti muddied urfa cd the bloody of in Wir 11 the Rivers Southern Wilh ii Green Field Czupta of hurts Ruih in did pm of the t and cars cruise Ihu other Sidt of id Bank Litty it c sly his up to Ahtl it Ilcus a shul Ili Staiti ii new Bridge is Luidor cite Miric tit in Cecily of with the rest til i Are but in is Ilic Arn Tirjan peacefully currying the traffic o Hie Rity Hinl birr is n history Thiol the new Bridge Down the Way lose any Chance o upstage ing its movie patrons leaving h showing of dec n by 7v Vrr play Sig at a Down hmm in Kier can walk a sew blocks my Start at the web of uie Lal Jiri lers Cora Sinji the Bridge and try to deadly Ramc the germans and Hie Allied forces play Ixl on and around ii in september of it was called operation an at tempt by the Allied la rfcs lit open a corridor through  Holland thai would prepare the Way or the invasion of the Industrial Ruhr Region at the brainchild of Field marshal Bernard Law Mont Gomery and Given the stamp of approval by Dwight i supreme commander of the Allied the operation would involve More than thousands of tons of one of the airborne forces in the history of but the water veined Countryside of Holland would Only open up to the invading forces if a number of major Bridges Over Rivers and canals were captured and Seuk most crucial Bridge nce dist fur the invasion of the heartland of Germany was the northernmost Highway Bridge at historians have called Garden one of the most courageous and disastrous operations of the the allies were overconfident in their assessment of the germans strength in victories in France and Belgium had convinced Many commanders that hol land would fall easily into i hair but the germans marshalled their strength and fought desperately to keep Montgomery and i air and ground forces from capturing the the arnhem Bridge Ove Lually fell into the allies but not during Market Garden the British 1st airborne division that was Dewsen to capture Akhom was nearly destroyed in the fierce an bloody Battles ought in both the rely and on the Bridge Cornelius Hyan vividly tape trod the history of the Battle in Hia Book Bridge too recently Joseph e in Vinu recreated tin Battle in a spectacular film of the same ill a double mos annl in the movie for the rvs Nhym tic wll Helmina Lori dec above the i jew 1 i Tiff in Olaul 19 Inelss mirth of i Nice of the butt in the million Roeie Elie Wili inure than the original in the the actors in movie und Titi fir pfc Rel but or the Petill  there a luring the real Bat no celluloid fruit a she Drutma Ulm Star the deadly so Rukije Ini kid in both soldiers and lha Sof peering from behind glasses that appear to pull his eyes out of their Henri groot sits in a Small Park that offers a dear View of the arnhem grids wrinkled hands shake As he describes the events of september the first Day o the opera Liport 1 sit with my baby Girt Cadi led in my Lap with Ihu Tife crying around my cd riot said in broken Juliji and to a voice Liat hid his and his family were in the living room of their or fail Home in the dirty girls of a Nihom As intern Rwjr tied Over the City trying to out attn Ian Iii then Myu by Flics from Iris Umb i Pawl or my Irvin i is i milk find and his nixed we let Renti she did lint Movil cry path tred hands silently removed the Glaws Atka Custred inc eyes jivi1 Many civilian deaths Market Garden caused hat i continued on Aye 101 yanks prepare for Takeoff from base in in Allied air assault against germans in August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 9  
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