101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve

This area was in the landing zone of the Screaming Eagles, the 101st US Airborne Division, and was known as DZ C. It was where the 506th PIR were due to land. The house in whose garden the metal parachute Memorial stands, was used as an identification point for the paratroopers and gliders because the name of the farm was written on the roof of the house. Liza van Overveld who lived in a nearby house and was 14 years old at the time, watched both paratroopers and gliders land and met the Americans face to face. She said that the soldiers were anxious to get on but that they had lost their awareness of direction. Most of them had a map and compass but they were on strange territory full of enemies

101st Airborne Anxious Awareness Compass Eagles Enemies Failed Gliders Identification Lived Liza Nearby Parachute Paratroopers Watched

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