82nd Airborne Division Monument - Mass River Bridge
Details:
On the south side of the bridge at the turn-off before the bridge. Monument
A stainless steel monument; parachute over pedestal with inscribed plaques on the sides.
The memorial remembers the 82nd Airborne Division operations in the area during Operation "Market Garden in September 1944, specially the capture of Bridge 11 over the Maas River.
The 82nd Airborne Division had to secure a bridge over the river Maas (Meuse) in Grave, four bridges over the Maas-Waal canal and the road and railroad bridge over the river Waal in Nijmegen.
Monument Text:
Symbols of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 30th British Armored Corps
On 17 September 1944 during the Second World War, the Maas River Bridge at Grave was captured by E Company, 2nd Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
