101st Airborne Division Monument
Details:
Just of the east under the A50 bridge.
A brick monument with a the 10st Division symbols and brass plaques attached to the front; two benches are on either side of the monument with the 101st Airborne Division inscribed on them and an informational panel is adjacent of the monument.
The monument remembers the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles” fighting in this area during Operation Market Garden during WW2.
Monument Text:
The text on the brass plaque is in English and reads:
-101st Airborne Division Insignia-
-Oct/Nov 1944-
AMERICANS OF THE
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
FOUGHT HERE FOR OUR LIBERTY