101st Airborne paratroopers move past a burning truck in the town of Veghel on September 23

Market Garden

Brigadier General McAuliffe, the division Artillery Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, meets with Colonel Robert Sink, the commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, to coordinate the defense of Veghel on September 22, 1944.

101st Airborne

The bloody battle at Eerde, Netherlands, just southwest of the town of Veghel, was also heroic victory for the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. In this photo, paratroopers of Able Company, 1st Battalion, 501st stopped and repulsed a deadly German attack. These German machine guns were captured in the battle.