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Old 22-04-2008, 04:12 AM   #7 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns
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Back to the Polish Ceremony at Driel....



Polish Monument







The Sosabowski Monument






General Sosabowski's grandson and great grandson laying a wreath.



Polish Veterans laying a wreath



Our good friend Bart taking it all in...

On to Sunday 23 September. Before attending the ceremony at the Cemetery, Kelly and I explored a few of the more well known local sites in the Oosterbeek area...



Hackett's Hollow.

I got muddied up a bit and walked down into the Hollow and I was amazed at just how confined this area was. For those who are unaware, Hackett's hollow was the site of a bayonet charge by troopers of the 4th Parachute Landing Brigade . There is an excellent account of this action in the book "Men at Arnhem" by Geoffrey Powell.

Also on the agenda was a stop at the infamous Railway Tunnel...

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