The Race to the Bridge by Nicolas Trudgian

On the 17th September 1944, Private Steve Morgan of the 2nd Parachute Battalion,  Medium Machine Gun Platoon, made his first combat jump at the age of nineteen in the heroic battle for the bridge at Arnhem.  His platoon landed at Renkum on the outskirts of Oosterbeek with orders to take the ‘Lion’ route, the direct approach to the bridge, seven miles away. En route, they encountered a warm reception from the Dutch people but were soon engaged by German forces whose resistance grew with every yard closer to the bridge, it was not until the evening that Steve Morgan and his colleagues reached their objective; then for three days and four nights, they fought valiantly, suffering terrible losses, until the remaining soldiers ran out of ammunition and supplies.

Signed by Private Steve Morgan of the 2nd Parachute Battalion, Medium Machine Gun Platoon

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