A crowd of thousands watches as a World War II-era Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft circles Houtdorperved Drop Zone as part of the 71st Anniversary of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands, Sept. 19. Paratroopers from U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Poland also conducted parachute jumps that day on the historic drop zone, commemorating the largest airborne operation in history. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)
<dl><dd>Unit: 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Germany; 82nd Airborne Division; Paratroopers; memorial; Italy; U.S.; Americans; U.K.; the Netherlands; commemoration; Belgium; Poland; 173rd Airborne Brigade; World War II; airborne operation; Operation Market Garden; 71st Anniversary; Njimegen; Houtdorperved Drop Zone</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Jason Hull
Taken on 19 September 2015
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