Band of Brothers - Operation Market Garden episode

On the History Channel right now.



A memorial near Arnhem reads: "To the People of Gelderland; 50 years ago British and Polish Airborne soldiers fought here against overwhelming odds to open the way into Germany and bring the war to an early end. Instead we brought death and destruction for which you have never blamed us. This stone marks our admiration for your great courage remembering especially the women who tended our wounded. In the long winter that followed your families risked death by hiding Allied soldiers and Airmen while members of the resistance led many to safety."

On September 16, 1994 101st Airborne veterans revealed a war monument 'Monument for the Dutch' in Sint-Oedenrode. The monument is a gift from the veterans to the civilians who fought alongside of the US troops, much to surprise and relief of the US soldiers. The inscription on the monument is in English and reads "Dedicated to the people of the Corridor by the veterans of the 101st Airborne Division, in grateful appreciation of their courage, compassion and friendship".

A few words from Eindhoven, Holland:
http://boards.skybluepro.com/archive/index.php/t-4041.html

What a day it was.

is in "One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing," a 1942 British film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035153/

I liked what Stephen Ambrose had to say about the Dutch in Band of Brothers regarding the 101st Airborne:

"They loved the Dutch. Brave, resourceful, overwhelmingly grateful, the best organized underground in Europe, cellars full of food hidden from the Germans but given to the Americans. Clean, hard-working, honest were only some of the compliments the men showered on the Dutch."

And they never held it against us that the liberation failed.