Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
506th PIR memorial, Elst
the Island
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaNijmegen, the Island & Arnhem
Typethe Island
Time to allow15 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS51.92095, 5.80114
The story
Memorial to the 506th on the Island, in the town the regiment held in October–November 1944.
What to look for
On the way from Driel to the Heteren crossroads.
Nearby sites
- Driel — Polish brigade memorial · 5 km
- Crossroads memorial, Heteren · 6 km
- Operation Pegasus — river bank sector · 8 km
- Airborne Museum Hartenstein, Oosterbeek · 8 km
- Airborne War Cemetery, Oosterbeek · 9 km
- Nijmegen — Waal crossing & road bridge · 9 km
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Easy Company: Holland & Bastogne
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne: Hell's Highway, Nijmegen and the Island, the Bois Jacques at Bastogne, the cemeteries of the Ardennes and Haguenau in Alsace.
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