82nd Airborne Division Plaque - Mook
Details:
On the frontside of the steps leading into the town hall.
An inscribed brass plaque with the painted symbol of the 82nd Airborne Division.
The plaque remembers the 82nd Airborne Division operations around Mook during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Private John O'Daniel Jr., 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, sone of the 3rd Infantry Division Commander, "Iron Mike" O'Daniel, was among the KIA during the defense of Mook.
Monument Text:
(Symbol of the 82nd AIRBORNE Division and Glider and Parachutists Badges)
IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION WHO WERE WILLING TO PAY
THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR OUR FREEDOM
LEST WE FORGET
TER NAGEDACHTENIS AAN DE MANNEN VAN DE 82STE AIRBORNE DIVISION DIE BEREID WAREN DE UITERSTE PRIJS TE BETALEN VOOR ONZE VRIJHEID
OPDAT WIJ NOOIT VERGETEN
17-09-1944 - 17-09-2009
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
82nd Airborne Division
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Operation Market Garden
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