The story
In this windmill was killed on monday september 18.1944 about eleven o'clock in the morning Jacob H.Wingard "Pennsylvania sgt 501 prcht inf abn div."
This Regiment landed just behind the windmill (photo) at Eerde. They fought a series of daring battles to keep Hell's Highway open.
The windmill at Eerde was destroyed on 24th september 1944 during "The battle of the Sanddunes". On the mill there are plaquettes with the names of the fallen.
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