Video

Video by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle

Multinational Airdrop - Groesbeek, NLD - B-roll

5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Sept. 18, 2019 | 4:03

TITLE: Multinational Airdrop - Groesbeek, NLD - B-roll
RUNTIME: 00:04:01
PRODUCER: SSG Christopher Jelle
UNIT: 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

EVENT SHOWN: Multinational Airdrop for Market Garden 75th Anniversary
UNIT SHOWN: 82nd Airborne Division

SUMMARY:
Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division take part in a multinational airdrop operation in Groesbeek, Netherlands. The airdrop is part of a series of commemoration events in honor of the 75th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history which was aimed at liberating the Netherlands and gaining a foothold into Nazi Germany by crossing the Maas, Waal, and ultimately the Rhine River. To this day, generations of Dutch remember the bravery and sacrifice of more than 41,600 troops from the US, UK, and Poland who together constituted the Allied Airborne Army.