24-11-05, 15:19
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 14,434
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Quote:
Originally posted by John McGillivray
Here is another photo showing Royal Canadian Engineers ferrying members of the US 101st Airborne over a river near Nijmegen.
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Here's a surprise: "One of the real boats that was used during the Waal crossing. The boat consists of canvas and wood, and could carry about 12 men. It stood in a farmer's shed for over 50 years before it was donated to the museum."
Source: Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945 - Groesbeek - The Netherlands
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