Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Crossroads memorial, Heteren
Memorial
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaNijmegen, the Island & Arnhem
TypeMemorial
Time to allow45 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS51.95861, 5.73173
The story
On the Randwijkse Rijndijk, the junction where Winters' attack of 5 October broke a larger SS force. The memorial names Pvt. William Dukeman, Easy's one man killed.
What to look for
Climb the dike, look toward the river, then back at the junction — the whole action fits in the view.
Nearby sites
- Operation Pegasus — river bank sector · 2 km
- Driel — Polish brigade memorial · 6 km
- 506th PIR memorial, Elst · 6 km
- Airborne Museum Hartenstein, Oosterbeek · 8 km
- Airborne War Cemetery, Oosterbeek · 9 km
- John Frost Bridge, Arnhem · 12 km
All 48 sites in Holland & Bastogne 1944–45 →
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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