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Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, observe the launch point of the historic World War II Waal River crossing, Sept. 16, during a staff ride in Nijmegen, Netherlands.  Paratroopers attended the staff ride, hosted by the Royal Netherlands Army, during the 70th commemoration of Operation Market Garden.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)

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WAAL CROSSING COMMEMORATED DURING MARKET GARDEN +70.  Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division recreate the famous daylight crossing of the Waal River during the hard-fought conquest of the bridge at Nijmegen.

(Royal Netherlands Army photo)

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World War II-era tanks roll past Paratroopers assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division on the John S. Thompson Bridge in Grave, Netherlands, Sept. 17, 2014, during a reenactment of the bridge assault undertaken by the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II during Operation Market Garden.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger)

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Paratroopers of 16 Air Assault Brigade, jumping with American parachutes, land in the Ginkel Heath drop zone marking the Battle of Arnhem.

Photographer Richard Watt; Crown copyright.

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Some 200 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade were among 500 paratroopers who took part in a jump at Ginkel Heath to mark the 70th anniversary of Operation MARKET GARDEN.  The British paratroops jumped from American C130s using the distinctive T-11 parachute to earning their American jump wings.

Photo: Cpl Andy Reddy, MOD Crown Copyright.

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An aerial view of Arnhem bridge taken during the fighting in 1944 – the British positions are shown in the top part of the photograph.

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A memorial service was held at the Oosterbeek War Cemetery to honour those killed during Operation Market Garden.   A veteran is supported here by paratroopers as he lays a wreath.

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During the service Dutch schoolchildren laid flowers on each of the graves in the cemetery, which has 1,680 British and Commonwealth, three Polish and three Dutch soldiers buried in it.

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Photographs: Cpl Andy Reddy, MoD Crown Copyright.

Pathfinder Parachute Group

Members of the Pathfinder Parachute Group, dressed in authentic period gear, perform a commemorative jump from a WWII-era C47 Dakota transport plane onto the original drop zone for Col. Frost and his men at Renkum Heath.

Photo: Oliver Huber

Liberty Jump Team

Members of the Liberty Jump Team, dressed in authentic period gear, perform a commemorative jump from a WWII-era C47 transport plane over Groesbeek DZ Wylerbaan on Sept 18th.

Photo: Liberty Jump Team.  Click here for a video of the drop.

Round Canopy Parachuting Team

The Round Canopy Parachuting Team concluded their commemorative jumps with a drop onto the original 1944 drop zone at Grave Bridge.

Photo: The Round Canopy Parachuting Team

BBC News Report - Arnhem

BBC News coverage of the drops by current NATO paratroops at Ginkel Heath.  Click on the picture above to jump to the video.