Memorial Pegasus Bridge
Against the bridge hangs this memorial with the following text:
To commemorate the action of the 2nd (Airborne) Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who captured Pegasus Bridge on the night of 5/6th June 1944
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Koos Winkelman
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