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Glider Pickup at Eindhoven

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Gliders used in Operation Market Garden are retrieved from Holland to be used again in future airborne operations. A special glider pickup device is used to allow the gliders to be retrieved without landing the tow plane.      

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Jeep Tows a Glider

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A jeep provides a tow for a U.S. Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. in May 1942. (Library of Congress, fsac.1a35111.)  

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