1st Lt. Matthew Harrison, an infantry officer assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, offers one of his division patches to Caz Smeeman near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Sept. 17. The Dutch child and the American paratrooper attended the sunset march to honor the 48 men who died in combat during the Waal River crossing during Operation Market Garden in 1944. Harrison is one of nearly 1,000 paratroopers from seven NATO countries that attended the 71st Anniversary of Operation Market Garden. (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.; Waal River; the Netherlands; commemoration; Belgium; Poland; 173rd Airborne Brigade; World War II; airborne operation; Operation Market Garden; 71st Anniversary; Njimegen</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Jason Hull
Taken on 17 September 2015
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