There was a Jedburgh Team attached to the 82nd who organised liaison with the Dutch Resistance - the was Jedburgh Team Clarence consisting of Major Arie Besterbrutje (a Dutch Olympic Athlete) Lt George Verhaege US Infantry, Captain Peter Charles Vickery of GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom), Sgt Willard Beynon (US Corps of Signals), the team withdrew on 30 September 44. Some members of the Team later deployed as Jed Mission Stanley II (less Lt Verhaege) in the post Arnhem phase with a mission of liaison with the OD Resistance, running escape lines for evaders and laying on artillery fire control missions. Deployed on Stanley II on 3 Oct 44 withdrew 4 November 44.
I have the book "Waalcrossing" published by the liberation museum Groesbeek. All you want to know is in it. I am away for 2 and a half weeks but after that you can pick it up at my house in Oosterbeek if you wish. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=279&pictureid=3692 Ron...
I've just posted a plug for my new book about the Waal (Operation Market Garden: the Legend of the Waal by Tim Lynch. History Press 2011) on the forum. It looks at the background of the events at Nijmegen and the spin put on them since. In researching it I found Phil Nordyke's 'All American, All The Way' to be a very detailed account of the battle and well worth a look. It's main failing in my view is that it is fantastically biased towards the 82nd and so tends to skip any errors they may have made (like forgetting to take the bridge they had come for!!). If you think I can be of any help, feel free to contact me by PM All the best Tim
