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Major John Olmstead
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Combat Corpsman
By Greg McPartlin
Long Range Desert Group in the Mediterranean
By R. L. Kay
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<blockquote data-quote="Willem" data-source="post: 42333" data-attributes="member: 993"><p>John Olmsted was dropped with the rest of team Dudley on the 11 th of september 1944 on dropzone "Evert" which is close the the country town of Ommen in the province of Overijssel, The Netherlands. He was welcomed by Jaap Beekman, the husband of Yvonne Beekman. Olmsted was sent through enemy lines along with 119 airbornes, pilotes and other refuges to the liberated southern part of Holland to report about the situation in Overijssel.He left his team on the 16 th of november and he reached Nijmegen in the company of only 7 out of the 119 who left. An aunt of my wife is named Sjoerdsma, he bother was Sjoerd Sjoerdsma who was Major Brinkgreve's second WT operator after John Austin was arrested bij the SD a few days after John had left his team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willem, post: 42333, member: 993"] John Olmsted was dropped with the rest of team Dudley on the 11 th of september 1944 on dropzone "Evert" which is close the the country town of Ommen in the province of Overijssel, The Netherlands. He was welcomed by Jaap Beekman, the husband of Yvonne Beekman. Olmsted was sent through enemy lines along with 119 airbornes, pilotes and other refuges to the liberated southern part of Holland to report about the situation in Overijssel.He left his team on the 16 th of november and he reached Nijmegen in the company of only 7 out of the 119 who left. An aunt of my wife is named Sjoerdsma, he bother was Sjoerd Sjoerdsma who was Major Brinkgreve's second WT operator after John Austin was arrested bij the SD a few days after John had left his team. [/QUOTE]
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