Images: 71st Anniversary of Market Garden

By Sgt. Daniel Cole, U.S. Army Europe Public AffairsSeptember 24, 2015

Paratroopers Above
1 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – HOUTDORPERVELD DROP ZONE, the Netherlands - A Dutch citizen watches paratroopers from the U.S., U.S., Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the U.K conduct an airborne operation Sept. 18, at Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, the Netherlands as... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Commemorative Jump
2 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – HOUTDORPERVELD DROP ZONE, the Netherlands - U.S., Belgian, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish and British paratroopers jump from a Dutch C-130H Sept. 18, 2015, at Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, the Netherlands as part of the 71st anniversary of Operation Mar... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Airborne Paratroopers
3 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – HOUTDORPERVELD DROP ZONE, the Netherlands - Paratroopers from the U.S., U.S., Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the U.K conduct an airborne operation Sept. 18, 2015, at Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, the Netherlands as part of the 71st ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Wrapping Up
4 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – HOUTDORPERVELD DROP ZONE, the Netherlands - U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Oser, a paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, wraps up his parachute after jumping into Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, the Netherlands, Sept. 18, 2015 as part of a combined ai... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Soft Landing
5 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – HOUTDORPERVELD DROP ZONE, the Netherlands - A German paratrooper (kneeling) from the Luftlandebrigade 1 gathers begins his parachute after landing on Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, the Netherlands, Sept. 18, 2015, as part of the 71st anniversary of Operat... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Paratrooper Brothers
6 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – HOUTDORPERVELD DROP ZONE, the Netherlands - Britsh Army paratroopers from the Parachute Regiment U.K. walk off the Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, the Netherlands, Sept. 18, 2015 as part of a commemorative jump for the 71st anniversary of Operation Market ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Earning Dutch Airborne Wings
7 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – HOUTDORPERVELD DROP ZONE, the Netherlands - A U.S. Army paratrooper receives his Dutch parachute badge from a Dutch Army jumpmaster Sept. 18, 2015 after jumping onto Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, the Netherlands as part of the 71st anniversary of Operati... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Paratroopers from the U.S., U.S., Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the U.K conduct an airborne operation Sept. 18, at Houtdorperveld Drop Zone, Netherlands, as part of a commemoration of the 71st anniversary of Operation Market Garden.

The commemoration brought together approximately 1,000 allied paratroopers from the seven NATO allies for several days of combined airborne operations and ceremonies. Market Garden was the largest airborne operation in history, taking place from Sept. 17-25, 1944.

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