Market-Garden-Commemoration026 US, GB Hercules C 130 planes at Ginkel heath, parachute drops

Saturday 19 September 2009: 65th commemoration of the Market Garden operation.
The ceremony included
* speeches and prayers, laying wreaths, last post, silence and reveille, national anthems of Poland, England and Netherlands, including raising the concerning flags.
* re-enactment activities, historic cannons with horses and much more spectacular, about 1000 paratroopers from lots of countries but mostly from
UK: 4th & 1th Battalion The Parachute Regiment
NL: 11th luchtmobiele brigade, 13th infanteriebatlajon regiment stoottroepen Prins Bernhard, Assen
US, D, Be and Pathfinders: no exact information
Planes included C-130 Hercules and historic ones like Mitchell B-25, Dakota C-47 and Harvard
* lots of old historic vehicles, mostly four-wheels, sometimes two-wheel vehicles.
* more than Market Garden 140 veterans from the UK attended the 65th Commemoration

Thanks to God for sending deliverance.
Thanks to those who lost their lives for the victory. Rest in peace!

General
http://airborne-herdenkingen.nl/
http://airbornefeelings.nl/
http://www.airbornemuseum.org/language/en


WWII, general:
http://www.battledetective.com/links.html
http://www.market-garden.info/


The "Massed Pipes and Drums Band" encompasses these bands:
•1. The pipes and drums of the Royal Scots Borderes, 1st Batt Royal Regiment of Scotland (Royal Scots, Kings Oown Scottish Borderes)
•2. The Pipes and Drums of the Highlanders, 4th Batt. Royal Regiment of Scotland
•3. The Pipes and drums of The Royal Artillery,
•4. The Pipes and Drums of The Royal British Legion, Amsterdam Branch,
•5. The Pipes and Drums of The City of Rochester,
•6. The Pipes and Drums of the Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service,
•7. The Pipes and Drums of Glenmoriston,
•8. Representatives of other Army pipebands.
Respective sites:
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Scotland
3: http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/artillery.aspx
4: http://www.rblpipeband.com/index.htm
5: http://www.corpb.co.uk/content/History.html
6: http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/Newsdesk/ViewPressRelease.asp?ReleaseID=265
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/devonfire
7: http://www11.brinkster.com/gpbpipey/
8: general
Scottish, world wide pipe association: http://www.rspba.org/
http://www.pipefest.com/
Dutch doedelkoepel: http://www.novdb.nl/ (Dutch)


General (NL):
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkelse_Heide
http://www.vvvveluwe.nl/index.php?lang=nl
http://www.ede.nl/
http://www.veteraneninstituut.nl/page/pag_view.asp?pag_id=22584
UK:
1th + 4th Par. Reg.: http://www.eliteukforces.info/parachute-regiment/
1th Par. Reg. (Spec. Forc. = SFSG): http://www.eliteukforces.info/sfsg/
4th Par. Reg.: https://www.4para.co.uk/
http://www.eliteukforces.info/parachute-regiment/4-para/
http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/4632.aspx
NL:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_Luchtmobiele_Brigade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_Luchtmobiele_Brigade
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment_Stoottroepen_Prins_Bernhard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment_Stoottroepen_Prins_Bernhard
http://www.skhv.nl/frameset.html
http://www.skhv.nl/frameset_en.html

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