Parachutists of the US 101st Airborne Division near broken gliders

Parachutists of the US 101st Airborne Division near broken gliders

Jun 22, 2017 #US Army

Parachutists

 

Parachutists of the American 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles) near two landing gliders, which crashed in the German Army rear in the region of the city of Arnhem on September 17, 1944. The US soldiers are trying to get the surviving comrades. The Western Front of the Second World War in Europe.

American Parachutists, from left to right: Joe Crawford, Chaplain Tilden McGee, Captain Tollet and Stanley Speiwak, all from the 506th Regiment of 101 Airborne Division.

 

 

Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Time of photo: 17 September 1944

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