Amerikanischer Soldatenfriedhof:
Am Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Weg 1 befindet sich bei Margraten zwischen Aachen und Maastricht der einzige amerikanische Soldatenfriedhof, den es in den Niederlanden gibt. Auf dem 26,5 Hektar großen Gelände haben 8301 amerikanische Soldaten ihre letzte Ruhestätte erhalten. In nicht weniger als vierzig Fällen liegen zwei Brüder Seite an Seite. Das Gebiet um Margraten wurde durch die 30. US-Infanteriedivision erobert und befreit. Der Friedhof wurde am 10. November 1944 durch die 9. US-Armee als Kriegsgräberstätte eingerichtet und am 07. Juli 1960 eingeweiht. Die Meisten haben ihr Leben bei der Befreiung von Ost-Holland verloren und bei dem Vorstoß nach Deutschland hinein. Viele haben ihr Leben auch bei Luftkämpfen in diesem Gebiet verloren. Vom Eingangstor aus führt eine Straße zu 2 Parkplätzen die sich links und rechts neben dem Ehrenhof befinden. Hinter dem Ehrenhof befinden sich die Grabfelder. Der Soldatenfriedhof ist von 9:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr geöffnet und Toiletten sind auch vorhanden. Für den Friedhof ist die American Battle Monuments Commission verantwortlich.
www.abmc.gov
Der Stein steht rechts und links neben dem Eingangstor.
Auf den beiden Steinen steht folgendes:
NETHERLANDS
AMERICAN
CEMETERY
AND
MEMORIAL
Blick von der Zufahrtsstraße auf den Ehrenhof. In dem rechten Gebäude befindet sich ein kleines Informationsbüro und in der linken kleinen Halle befinden sich 3 verschiedene Schlachtkarten mit Informationstexten an den Wänden. Vor dem 33 Meter hohen Turm befinden sich eine Bronzestatue und ein Teich. Des Weiteren befindet sich auf der rechten und linken Seite des Ehrenhofes 2 lange Wände auf denen die Namen von 1722 vermissten amerikanischen Soldaten stehen.
Blick auf den Eingang vom Informationsbüro.
Blick auf die kleine Halle mit den Schlachtkarten.
Auf der Außenwand von der kleinen Halle steht folgendes:
HERE WE AND ALL WHO SHALL
HE REAFTER LIVE IN FREEDOM
WILL BE REMINDED THAT
TO THESE MEN AND THEIR COMRADES
WE OWE A DEBT TO BE PAID
WITH GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THEIR SACRIFICE
AND WITH THE HIGH RESOLVE
THAT THE CAUSE
FOR WHICH THEY DIED SHALL LIVE
Bild von der linken Schlachtkarte Operation: Market Garden. Links neben der Karte befindet sich ein Informationstext dazu auf Englisch und rechts neben der Karte der gleiche Informationstext auf Niederländisch.
Links neben der Karte steht auf Englisch folgendes:
IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 1944, THE ALLIED FORCES WERE
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD IN A SWEEPING ADVANCE
PROGRESS THROUGH FRANCE AND BELGIUM WAS RAPID
BUT AS OUR TROOPS APPROACHED THE GERMAN FRON-
TIER THE OPPOSITION STIFFEND. TO OUTFLANK THE
SIEGFRIED LINE AND THUS TO OBTAIN IMMEDIATELY A
BRIDGEHEAD OVER THE RHINE, THE ALLIES LAUNCHED A
STRONG AIRBORNE AND GROUND ASSAULT IN THE EAST-
ERN NETHERLANDS.
ON 17 SEPTEMBER 1944 ELEMENTS OF THE U. S. 101ST AND
82D AIRBORNE DIVISIONS AND THE BRITISH 1 AIRBORNE
DIVISION DROPPED IN COLUMN ALONG THE MAIN ROAD
FROM EINDHOVEN TO ARNHEM. THEIR MISSION WAS TO
CAPTURE THE BRIDGES OVER THE MAJOR CANALS AND
OVER THE MAAS, THE WAAL AND THE NEDER RIJN. THUS
ESTABLISHING A CORRIDOR THROUGH WHICH THE BRITISH
30 CORPS WOULD ADVANCE RAPIDLY AND ESTABLISH IT
SELF NORTH OF THE NEDER RIJN ON THAT DAY MORE
THAN 1.500 TROOP CARRYING AIRCRAFT AND 478 GLID-
ERS OF THE U. S. IX TROOP CARRIER COMMAND AND THE
ROYAL AIR FORCE PROTECTED BY 2.200 COMBAT AIRPLANES
OF THE U. S. EIGHTH AND NINTH AIR FORCES AND THE
ROYAL AIR FORCE. CARRIED APPROXIMATELY 50 % OF THE
STRENGTH OF THE THREE AIRBORNE DIVISIONS. INTENSIVE
AIR BOMBARDMENT OF ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN POSITIONS
AND AIRFIELDS AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SURPRISE CON-
TRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE INITIAL OPERATIONS.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING, THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVI-
SION SECURED THE BRIDGES IN ITS AREA EXCEPT THAT AT
SON WHICH THE ENEMY DESTROYED THE 82D AIRBORNE
DIVISION CAPTURED INTACT THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE
MAAS AT GRAVE BUT FOUND NIJMEGEN TOO STRONGLY
HELD. A BATTALION OF THE BRITISH 1 AIRBORNE DIVISION
REACHED ARNHEM AND SEIZED THE NORTHERN EDGE OF
THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE NEDER RIJN BUT OVER
POWERING ENEMY FORCES HELD THE REMAINDER OF THE
DIVISION WITHIN A SMALL PERIMETER WEST OF THE CITY
ON SUCCEEDING DAYS BAD WEATHER DELAYED AIRBORNE
REINFORCEMENTS AND SUPPLIES AND THUS PREVENTED
EFFECTIVE AIR ASSISTANCE TO THE FORCES FIGHTING TO
ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THE CORRIDOR.
MEANWHILE THE ADVANCING 30 CORPS PASSED THROUGH
THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION WHICH HAD CAPTURED
EINDHOVEN. IT THEN JOINED THE 82D AIRBORNE DIVISION
IN ITS ATTACK ON THE NIJMEGEN BRIDGES BOTH OF WHICH
WERE FINALLY SEIZED INTACT ON THE EVENING OF 20 SEP-
TEMBER BY THE 82D AIRBORNE DIVISION IN COOPERATION
WITH BRITISH ARMORED UNITS. BUT BRITISH INFANTRY
COULD NOT REACH THE SOUTH BANK OF THE NEDER RIJN
IN FORCE UNTIL 24 SEPTEMBER. THE ENEMY PREVENTED
ALL ATTEMPTS TO REINFORCE THE TROOPS BEYOND THE
RIVER AND AFTER DARK ON 25 SEPTEMBER THE REM-
NANTS OF THE DECIMATED 1 AIRBORNE DIVISION WERE
EVACUATED.
Bild von der großen Schlachtkarte in der Mitte. Militäroperationen in Nordwest Europa 06. Juni 1944 bis 08. Mai 1945. Links neben der Karte befindet sich ein Informationstext dazu auf Englisch und rechts neben der Karte der gleiche Informationstext auf Niederländisch.
Links neben der Karte steht auf Englisch folgendes:
ON 6 JUNE 1944, PRECEDED BY AIRBORNE UNITS AND COV-
ERED BY NAVAL AND AIR BOMBARDMENT, UNITED STATES
AND BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FORCES LANDED ON THE
COAST OF NORMANDY PUSHING SOUTHWARD THEY ESTAB-
LISHED A BEACHHEAD SOME 20 MILES IN DEPTH, ON 25 JULY.
IN THE WAKE OF A PARALYZING AIR BOMBARDMENT BY THE
U. S. EIGHTH AND NINTH AIR FORCES AND THE ROYAL AIR
FORCE. THE U. S. FIRST ARMY BROKE OUT OF THE BEACHHEAD
WEST OF ST LO. ON 1 AUGUST IT WAS JOINED BY THE U. S.
THIRD ARMY TOGETHER THEY REPULSED A POWERFUL COUN-
TERATTACK TOWARDS AVRANCHES. CRUSHED BETWEEN THE
AMERICANS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST AND THE BRITISH ON
THE NORTH, AND ATTACKED CONTINUOUSLY BY THE ALLIED
AIR FORCES. THE ENEMY RETREATED ACROSS THE SEINE.
SUSTAINED BY THE HERCULEAN ACHIEVEMENTS OF ARMY
AND NAVY SUPPLY PERSONNEL THE ALLIED ARMIES AND AIR
FORCES PURSUED VIGOROUSLY BY MID SEPTEMBER THE U. S.
NINTH ARMY HAD LIBERATED BREST THE FIRST ARMY HAD
SWEPT THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG AND
WAS STANDING ON THE THRESHOLD OF GERMANY THE THIRD
ARMY HAD REACHED THE MOSELLE AND HAD JOINED FORCES
WITH THE U. S. SEVENTH AND THE FRENCH FIRST ARMIES
ADVANCING NORTHWARD FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. ON
THE LEFT FLANK BRITISH AND CANADIAN TROOPS HAD EN-
TERED THE NETHERLANDS ON 17 SEPTEMBER THREE AIRBORNE
DIVISIONS DROPPED IN THE EINDHOVEN - ARNHEM AREA IN
A BOLD BUT UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO OUTFLANK THE
FORTIFIED SIEGFRIED LINE.
PROGRESS DURING THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WAS SLOW THE
FIGHTING BITTER AS OPPOSITION STIFFENED. THE OPENING
OF THE PORT OF ANTWERP ON 28 NOVEMBER MATERIALLY
EASED THE LOGISTICAL BURDEN. IN THE CENTER THE FIRST
AND NINTH ARMIES SEIZED AACHEN AND FOUGHT THEIR
WAY TO THE ROER METZ FELL AS THE THIRD ARMY PUSHED
TO THE SAAR. ON ITS RIGHT THE SEVENTH ARMY AIDED BY
THE FIRST TACTICAL AIR FORCE DROVE TO THE RHINE AT
STRASBOURG WHILE FRENCH TROOPS FREED MULHOUSE.
IN THE ARDENNES ON 16 DECEMBER THE ENEMY LAUNCHED
HIS FINAL MAJOR COUNTEROFFENSIVE PROMPT TACTICAL
COUNTERMEASURES AND THE SUPERB FIGHTING QUALITIES
OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN FINALLY HALTED THIS
DRIVE DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH THE WEST BANK OF
THE RHINE WAS CLEARED IN A SERIES OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
OPERATIONS. IN RAPID SUCCESSION, AMERICAN FORCES SEIZED
A BRIDGE AT REMAGEN, CROSSED THE RHINE AT OPPENHEIM
THEN ON 23 - 24 MARCH STAGED WITH THE BRITISH THEIR
MAJOR ASSAULT CROSSING NEAR WESEL PUSHING RAPIDLY
EASTWARD OUR ARMIES ENCIRCLED THE ENTIRE RUHR VALLEY
IN A GIGANTIC DOUBLE ENVELOOMENT WITH THE AIR AND
GROND FORCES OPERATING AS A TEAM. THE ALLIES SWEPT
ACROSS GERMANY TO MEET THE ADVANCING TROOPS OF
THE U. S. S. R. AND FORCE THE COMPLETE SURRENDER OF THE
ENEMY ON 8 MAY 1945, 337 DAYS AFTER THEIR INITIAL
LANDINGS IN FRANCE.
Bild von der rechten Schlachtkarte Kampf um den Rhein. Links neben der Karte befindet sich ein Informationstext dazu auf Englisch und rechts neben der Karte der gleiche Informationstext auf Niederländisch.
Links neben der Karte steht auf Englisch folgendes:
UPON THE VICTORIOUS CONCLUSION OF THE ARDENNES
CAMPAIGN ON 25 JANUARY 1945 THE ALLIES UNDERTOOK
THE TASK OF DESTROYING THE ENEMY ARMIES WEST OF
THE RHINE. THE FIRST ATTACK WAS TO BE MADE ON THE
NORTHERN FLANK BY THE CANADIAN FIRST ARMY AND
THE U. S. NINTH ARMY, THE U. S. FIRST ARMY WAS TO AD-
VANCE ON THEIR RIGHT THE CANADIANS OPENED THE
OFFENSIVE ON 8 FEBRUARY BUT ON THE NEXT DAY THE
ENEMY FLODED THE ROER VALLEY BY RELEASING THE
WATER FROM AN UPSTREAM DAM THIS GREATED AN
IMPASSABLE OBSTACLE BEFORE THE NINTH ARMY WHICH
THEN POSTPONED ITS ASSAULT FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS.
DURING THE RESULTING DELAY THE U. S. EIGTH AND NINTH
AIR FORCES CONTINUOUSLY ATTACKED BRIDGES, RAILROAD
TRACKS AND MARSHALLING YARDS ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE RHINE TO ISOLATE THE BATTLEFIELD REACHING A
CLIMAX ON 22 FEBRUARY THE BOMBARDMENT SYSTEM-
ATICALLY DISRUPTED THE ENEMY COMMUNICATIONS AND
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT GERMANY.
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 23 FEBRUARY FOL-
LOWING AN INTENSIVE ARTILLERY PREPARATION. THE
LEADING UNITS OF THE NINTH ARMY LOWERED THEIR
ASSAULT BOATS INTO THE SWIRLING WATERS OF THE
STILL FLOODED ROER THE SWIFT CURRENT AND ENEMY
ARTILLERY FIRE ON THE CEOSSING SITES MADE PASSAGE
OF THE RIVER MOST HAZARDOUS, BUT THE XIX CORPS
ADVANCED AND CAPTURED JULICH ON THE FIRST DAY
WHILE THE XIII CORPS MADE SUBSTANTIAL GAINS IN THE
LINNICH AREA. FIGHTERS AND MEDIUM BOMBERS OF THE
NINTH AIR FORCE CLOSELY SUPPORTED THE FORWARD
UNITS, DESTROYING ENEMY TANKS AND EQUIPMENT THE
BRIDGEHEADS ON THE EAST BANK WERE MADE SECURE
BY THE END OF THE SECOND DAY.
ONCE ACROSS THE RIVER THE U. S. NINTH ARMY OFFEN-
SIVE RAPIDLY GATHERED MOMENTUM ON 25 FEBRUARY
THE XVI CORPS CROSSED ON THE LEFT FLANK ARMORED
UNITS WERE COMMITTED AS THE DIRECTION OF ADVANCE
TURNED NORTHWARD AND BROKE THROUGH THE ENEMY
LINES BY 1 MARCH THE INDUSTRIAL CENTER OF MONCHEN-
GLADBACH HAD BEEN CLEARED THE LARGEST GERMAN
CITY YET CAPTURED BY ALLIED FORCES.
THE BATTLE BECAME A PURSUIT THE OBJECTIVE NOW
WAS TO PREVENT AS MANY ENEMY AS POSSIBLE FROM
ESCAPING THE XIX CORPS REACHED THE RHINE NEAR
NEUSS ON 2 MARCH WHILE THE XIII CORPS ENTERED
KREFELD EARLY THE NEXT DAY THE XVI CORPS MADE
CONTACT WITH THE CANADIAN FIRST ARMY AT GELDERN.
CONSTANTLY HARASSED BY THE FIGHTER BOMBERS OF THE
NINTH AIR FORCE, THE ENEMY WITHDREW DEMOLISHING
THE BRIDGES AS HE RETREATED ACROSS THE RIVER. BY 6
MARCH RHEINBERG, THE FUTURE CROSSING SITE FOR THE
NINTH ARMY HAD BEEN TAKEN FOUR DAYS LATER THE
WEST BANK OF THE RHINE FROM DUSSELDORF NORTHWARD
WAS IN ALLIED HANDS.
Bild von der Informationstafel, die am Informationsbüro und an der kleinen Halle steht. Der Text ist auf der Tafel in Englisch und Niederländisch gedruckt.
Auf der Informationstafel steht auf Englisch folgendes:
THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
The Netherlands American Cemetery is the only American military cemetery in The Netherlands.
8.301 war dead of the United States of America from World War II rest here. Most died late in
1944 and in 1945, in the airborne and ground operations in eastern Holland, during the advances
into Germany over the Roer and across the Rhine, and in air operations over these regions.
Additionally, the names of 1.722 Americans whose remains were never recovered or not
identified are inscribed along each side of the Court of Honor. A bronze rosette marks the names
of those who were subsequently found. 105 headstones mark the graves of 106 "unknowns".
The construction and care of this 65,5-acre cemetery and memorial are the responsibility of the
American Battle Monuments Commission, an agency of the United States goverment. Use of the
land was granted, in perpetuity, by the people of The Netherlands.
After World War I, the American Battle Monuments Commission erected a memorial chapel in
each of the eight American military cemeteries in Europe, as well as eleven battlefield monuments.
After the end of World War II, fourteen additional military cemeteries were established overseas.
Each contains a memorial with a record in permanent graphic from of the achievements of the U.S.
Armed Forces in that region.
The graves in these World War I and World War II cemeteries number approximately 39 percent
of those originally buried. The remains of the other 61 percent were returned home at the request of
the next of kin. A white marble headstone marks each grave, a Star of David for those of the Jewish
faith, and a Latin cross for all others. At each of the memorials are inscribed the names of the missing
who gave their lives in that region.
The American Battle Monuments Commission also operates two cemeteries in Latin America, the final
resting place of Americans killed in the War of 1847 and of those who contributed to the construction
and operation of the Panama Canal.
An American Superintendent manages each cemetery. English-speaking personnel are available during
opening hours to offer information and assistance.
World War I
Cemetery Location Burials "Missing"
Aisne-Marne Belleau (02), France 2.289 1.060
Brookwood Brookwood, England 468 563
Flanders Field Waregem, Belgium 368 43
Meuse-Argonne Romagne-sous-Montfaucon (55), France 14.246 954
Oise-Aisne Seringes-et-Nesles (02), France 6.012 241
Saint-Miheil Thiaucourt (54), France 4.153 284
Somme Bony (02), France 1.844 333
Suresnes Near Paris (92), France 1.541 974
Wold War II
Cemetery Location Burials "Missing"
Ardennes Neuville-en Condroz, Belgium 5.328 462
Brittany Saint-James (50), France 4.410 498
Cambridge Coton, Cambridgeshire, England 3.812 5.127
Epinal Epinal (88), France 5.255 424
Florence Florence, Italy 4.402 1.409
Henri-Chapelle Henri-Chapelle, Belgium 7.992 450
Lorraine Saint-Avold (57), France 10.489 444
Luxenbourg Luxenbourg 5.076 371
Manila Manila, Republic of the Philippines 17.206 36.282
Netherlands Margraten, The Netherlands 8.301 1.722
Normandy Colleville-sur-Mer (14), France 9.387 1.557
North Africa Carthage, Tunisia 2.841 3.724
Rhone Draguignan (83), France 861 294
Sicily-Rome Nettuno, Italy 7.861 3.095
Suresnes Near Paris (92), France 24 --
OTHER
Mexico City Mexico City, Mexico 1563 --
Corozal Corozal, epublic of Panama 5.104 --
Blick auf den Teich, auf die Bronzestatue und dem 33 Meter hohen Turm.
An dem Turm steht folgendes:
EACH FOR HIS OWN MEMORIAL
EARNED PRAISE THAT WILL NEVER DIE
AND WITH IT
THE GRANDEST OF ALL SEPULCHRES
NOT THAT IN WHICH
HIS MORTAL BONES ARE LAID
BUT A HOME
IN THE MINDS OF MEN
Links neben dem Turm steht folgendes:
' MAASTRICHT ' EINDHOVEN ' GRAVE ' NIJMEGEN '
ARNHEM ' JULICH ' LINNICH '
Rechts neben dem Turm steht folgendes:
' GEILENKIRCHEN ' KREFELD ' VENLO ' RHEINBERG '
COLOGNE ' WESEL ' RUHR '
Bild von der Bronzestatue.
Auf dem Sockel von der Bronzestatue steht folgendes:
NEW LIFE FROM WAR'S DESTRUCTION PROCLAIMS
MAN'S IMMORTALITY AND HOPE FOR PEACE
Bild von der rechten Wand, auf der die Namen von den vermissten amerikanischen Soldaten stehen.
Als Überschrift steht auf der rechten Wand folgendes:
HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF AMERICANS WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND WHO
SLEEP IN UNKNOWN GRAVES
Am Ende von der rechten Wand steht folgendes:
HONOR IS THEIRS WHO KNEW THE PATH OF HONOR
Bild von der linken Wand, auf der die Namen von den vermissten amerikanischen Soldaten stehen.
Als Überschrift steht auf der linken Wand folgendes:
HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF AMERICANS WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND WHO
SLEEP IN UNKNOWN GRAVES
Am Ende der von der linken Wand steht folgendes:
TO YOU FROM FALLING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH
BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH
Blick vom Turm zurück auf den Eingang zum Ehrenhof.
Bild von dem Eingang zum Turminneren. In dem Turm befindet sich eine kleine Kapelle.
Über dem Eingang zum Turm steht folgendes:
IN MEMORY
OF
THE VALOR
AND THE
SACRIFICES
WHICH
HALLOW THIS SOIL
Bild vom Turminneren.
An den Innenwänden vom Turm steht folgendes:
O GOD
WHO ART THE AUTHOR OF PEACE AND LOVER OF CONCORD
DEFEND US THY HUMBLE SERVANTS
IN ALL ASSAULTS OF OUR ENEMIES
THAT WE SURELY TRUSTING IN THY DEFENSE
MAY NOT FEAR THE POWER OF ANY ADVERSARIES
O LORD
SUPPORT US ALL THE DAY LONG UNTIL THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN
AND THE EVENING COMES
AND THE FEVER OF LIFE IS OVER AND OUR WORK IS DONE
THEN IN THY MERCY GRANT US A SAFE LODGING
AND A HOLY REST AND PEACE AT THE LAST
1941 - 1945
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER SONS
AND IN HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO THEIR SACRIFICES
THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Auf dem Altar steht folgendes:
HONOR FAITH VALOR
Bild von einer Gedenktafel im Turm.
Auf der Gedenktafel steht folgendes:
AMVETS IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE ROBERT R. MCCORMICK TRIBUNE FOUNDATION
AND THE NETHERLANDS-AMERICA INSTITUTE, LIMBURG
DEDICATED THIS CARILLON
AS A LIVING MEMORIAL TO AMERICA'S VETERANS
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
SEPTEMBER 14, 1994
Bild von einer Gedenktafel im Turm. Sie soll daran erinnern das der Altar und der Kronenleuchter ein Geschenk von der niederländischen Regierung an die Bevölkerung von Limbug ist.
Blick vom Turm aus auf den Fahnenmast links und rechts befinden sich die Gräberfelder.
Bild vom Fahnenmast am Ende der Gräberfelder.
Blick vom Fahnenmast zurück auf den Turm.
Blick auf die rechten Gräberfelder.
Blick auf die linken Gräberfelder.
Blick auf die Gräberfelder.
Blick auf die Gräberfelder.
Blick auf das Grab von William Heister Dukeman Jr. Auch bekannt aus der Serie Band of Brothers. Er verlor sein Leben am 05. Oktober 1944 bei Heteren. Dieses ist auch in der 5. Folge von Band of Brothers zu sehen.
Auf dem Kreuz steht folgendes:
WILLIAM H. DUKEMAN JR
CPL 506 PRCHT INF 101 ABN DIV
COLORADO OCT 5 1944
Blick auf das Grab von Robert van Klinken. Auch bekannt aus der Serie Band of Brothers. Er verlor sein Leben am 20. September 1944 bei Nuenen. Dieses ist auch in der 4. Folge von Band of Brothers zu sehen.
Auf dem Kreuz steht folgendes:
ROBERT VAN KLINKEN
PVT 506 PRCHT INF 101 ABN DIV
WASHINGTON SEPT 20 1944
At the going down of the sun and in the morning: We will remember them 
