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All American, All the Way: A Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II: From Market Garden to Berlin
By Phil Nordyke
Leading the Way to Arnhem: An Illustrated History of the 21st Independent Parachute Company 1942 to 1946
By Peter Gijbels & David Truesdale
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