On the front courtyard. The plaque is attached on the outside wall next to the small garden on the left side, together with other plaques. Plaque

A square metal plaque, inscribed in German and English text, commemorating the brave men of the 17^th Airborne Division who participated in Operation Varsity. The flag of America is on the top-left while the German flag is on the right, both printed in grey scale.

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17th Airborne Division

In memory of the paratroopers and glidermen of

the 17th Airborne Division who participated in

Operation Varsity on 24 March 1945.

Hamminkeln and the area around Wesel were liberated from Nazi

oppression through the combined actions of British and US

Airborne forces linking up with ground forces crossing the Rhine.

Thus began over 70 years of peace and friendship between these critical NATO allies.

Zur Erinnerung an die Fallschirmjäger und

Luftlandetruppen der 17. Luftlandedivision, die am

24. März 1945 an der Operation Varsity teilnahmen.

Hamminkeln, Wesel und das Umland wurden durch das Zusammenwirken britischer

und US-amerikanischer Luftlandetruppen mit den über den Rhein kommenden

Bodentruppen vom nationalsozialistischen Regime befreit.

Dies war der Beginn eines nunmehr über 70 Jahre währenden Frieden und

Freundschaft zwischen diesen wichtigen NATO-Verbündeten.

Dedicated in honor of Colonel John Korman by his friends C. Moniks and Tim Stoy on 23 March 2018

AIRBORNE!