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Dakota War Memorial Linden
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DeMegens
April 26, 2020
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War memorial of a Dakota in honor of our WWII liberators
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Erik Van De Schans
May 5, 2021
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What happened?
On September 17, 1944, five American soldiers were killed in a plane crash over Linden. Their aircraft was ordered to drop paratroopers in the Groesbeek area during Operation Market Garden. Under heavy anti-aircraft fire they managed to drop the entire stick except for one parachutist. Badly hit, the aircraft turned away from this anti-aircraft fire and eventually crashed into the field of Piet Martens in Linden. The entire crew of the aircraft and the unfortunate parachutist were killed. They made the supreme sacrifice for our freedom. The fallen Americans are therefore commemorated annually in Linden.
On September 17, 1944, five American soldiers were killed in a plane crash over Linden. Their aircraft was ordered to drop paratroopers in the Groesbeek area during Operation Market Garden. Under heavy anti-aircraft fire they managed to drop the entire stick except for one parachutist. Badly hit, the aircraft turned away from this anti-aircraft fire and eventually crashed into the field of Piet Martens in Linden. The entire crew of the aircraft and the unfortunate parachutist were killed. They made the supreme sacrifice for our freedom. The fallen Americans are therefore commemorated annually in Linden.
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Isi-Sicilia
July 27, 2026
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This is a monument to an American C-47 that crashed during Market Garden, an airborne operation in 1944.
The crew died and was temporarily buried in the Linden church cemetery.
The crew died and was temporarily buried in the Linden church cemetery.
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