To celebrate the 10st Airborne landing during Market Garden. Easy Company with Dick Winters was part of the assault on the town about 9/17/1944.
Jack Crane
Description
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time.
References
Pages 97-112 - Alexander, L. 2005, Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The man Who Led the Band of Brothers: American Library, 311p.