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De Parachutist

(Nederland - Noord-Brabant - Son)

Het monument is te vinden nabij de vijver aan de Europalaan in Son (Noord-Brabant).

De tekst op de bijgeplaatste plaquette luidt:
'SON EN BREUGEL

LIBERATED ON THE 17TH OF SEPTEMBER 1944, BY THE 506TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY AND ELEMENTS OF THE 326TH AIRBORNE ENGINEERS. THIS TOWN WAS THE COMMAND POST OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION DURING THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE HOLLAND CAMPAIGN. THE 506TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY, AND THE 81ST AIRBORNE AA BATTALLON, SUCCESFULLY REPULSED ALL ATTACKS ON THIS POSITION FROM D-DAY TO D PLUS 3, THEREBY ENABLING DIVISION HEADQUARTERS TO ESTABLISH THE COMMAND FUNCTION SO NECESSARY TO THE SUCCES OF THE OVERALL MISSION.
COMMANDING GENERAL MAJOR GENERAL MAXWELL D. TAYLOR
THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE IS PLACED HERE IN HONOR OF THOSE 'SCREAMING EAGLES' WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THIS CAMPIAGN, AND AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM AND FRIENDSHIP FOR
THE PEOPLE OF THE NETHERLANDS
PLACES BY COMRADES OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ASSOCIATION
1944 - 1969
PARTICIPATION UNITS IN THE HOLLAND CAMPAIGN
101ST ABN DIV HQS & HQS CO. 327 TH GLI INF REGT [INCLUDING THE
101ST ABN MP PLTN 1ST BN 401ST GLI INF REGT]
101ST ABN RECON PLTN 501ST PRCHT INF REGT
101ST ABN SIG CO 502ND PRCHT INF REGT
81ST ABN AA BN 506TH PRCHT INF REGT
326TH ABN ENGR BN 101ST ABN DIV ARTY HQS & HQS BTRY
326TH ABN MED CO 321ST GLY FA BN
426TH ABN QM CO 377TH PRCHT FA B
801ST ABN ORD CO 907TH GLY FA BN'.

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• Tekst: Jeroen Koppes
• Foto's: Jeroen Koppes