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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1784183" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtf1/t31.0-8/10497209_693062497490212_7869387768649505944_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Three troopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division taking a break after 5 days frontline fighting. From left to right : Pvt William H. Sandy (ASN 13032007) from Charlottesville, VA, Sgt Dehaven Nowlin (ASN 15046241) from Goshen, KY and Pvt Howard Fredericks (ASN 39241668) from Los Angeles, CA., near Essen (Germany) 10th of April 1945'Operation Varsity' (24th March 1945) was a successful joint American, British and Canadian airborne operation that took place toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it was the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location.The XVIII Airborne Corps was selected to assist in the Rhine River crossing in the vicinity of Wesel, just north of the Ruhr on March 24, 1945. Operation Varsity would be the last full scale airborne operation of the war. The 17th Division with the 507th spearheaded the assault and dropped at the southern edge of the Diersfordter Wald (Diersfordt Forest), three miles NW of Wesel. The 507th performed well and captured their objectives. The Medal of Honor was awarded to Pfc George J. Peters posthumously for his single handed assault on a German machine gun position, eliminating the position and allowing his fellow troopers to gather their equipment and capture their first objective. The 17th Airborne suffered 1300 casualties in the operation. The 17th then moved through Germany and on the 10th of April, the division captured Essen, the home of Krupps Steelworks.After Germany’s surrender, the 17th Airborne was shipped home and deactivated in September 1945.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1784183, member: 3144"] [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtf1/t31.0-8/10497209_693062497490212_7869387768649505944_o.jpg[/IMG] Three troopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division taking a break after 5 days frontline fighting. From left to right : Pvt William H. Sandy (ASN 13032007) from Charlottesville, VA, Sgt Dehaven Nowlin (ASN 15046241) from Goshen, KY and Pvt Howard Fredericks (ASN 39241668) from Los Angeles, CA., near Essen (Germany) 10th of April 1945 'Operation Varsity' (24th March 1945) was a successful joint American, British and Canadian airborne operation that took place toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it was the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location. The XVIII Airborne Corps was selected to assist in the Rhine River crossing in the vicinity of Wesel, just north of the Ruhr on March 24, 1945. Operation Varsity would be the last full scale airborne operation of the war. The 17th Division with the 507th spearheaded the assault and dropped at the southern edge of the Diersfordter Wald (Diersfordt Forest), three miles NW of Wesel. The 507th performed well and captured their objectives. The Medal of Honor was awarded to Pfc George J. Peters posthumously for his single handed assault on a German machine gun position, eliminating the position and allowing his fellow troopers to gather their equipment and capture their first objective. The 17th Airborne suffered 1300 casualties in the operation. The 17th then moved through Germany and on the 10th of April, the division captured Essen, the home of Krupps Steelworks. After Germany’s surrender, the 17th Airborne was shipped home and deactivated in September 1945. [/QUOTE]

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