Deputy Mayor
Mrs. Leidy van der Aalst spoke eloquently of the Dutch people tribulations during the war and the gratitude of Beek citizens for American intervention | 
Walter Barrett
One of many veterans awarded commemorative coins as a gift from the citizens of Beek | 
Louis Manion
Makes his way forward to receive his award | 
Leonard Sacharoff
Rising from his chair as his name is called |
 Autograph Seeker
a local resident who designed the Foley monument is accommodated by Don Dicks (l) and Guido Pelini (r), both of I Company.
Then 15 years old, was liberated by I Co. from a hiding spot in a brick factory occupied by Germans and both Don and Guido remembered that incident.
Their autographs were written into a leather bound book (in Dutch) about Operation Market Garden, entitled "17 September 1944" (Photo an caption materials courtesy of Ellen Peters)
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Harry Hudec
receives his commemorative coin | 
Meint Alberts
was just 15 years old when Operation Market Garden parachutists arrived in Sept. 1944
(Photo courtesy of Tony Rogers) | 
Willem Gertzen
Traveled from Eindhoven to visit old acquaintances. Willem was an interpreter and assisted the 508th in other ways during the war |
