Subject: MARKET GARDEN ALL OVER AGAIN? WHAT THE HELL?
From: (Mu)
Date: 2/6/04 5:53 AM Pacific Standard Time
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On 06 Feb 2004 03:51:21 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

MARKET GARDEN ALL OVER AGAIN? WHAT THE HELL?

The disastrous operation Market Garden was over. The losses were
considerable
as was our sense of defeat in an operation that promised to shorten the war.
Well you can't win 'em all. Upward and onward. On the 6th of October 1944
weeks after Market Garden had failed, we entered our operations tent before
the
days mission and got quite a surprise. The map was uncovered and the
operations
officer (forgot his name) announced, " "Gentlemen, the target today is the
bridge at Arnhem".


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer


Ave Art
Was the target the railroad bridge or the bridge which is nowadays
known as the John Frost Bridge?
I've travelled many times over the Frost bridge but can't remember any
island. Maybe it's gone since the war.

Greetz Martijn




It was the railroad bridge. Sorry I wasn't more specific.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer