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Editor: Drs.R.P.G.A.Voskuil
Translation: Mrs.A.Meeuwsen

Portraits of Airborne-Commanders
Last year the artist Christien de Haan from Heelsum made some pen-en-inkt drawings of Airborne-Commanders who took part in the Battle of Arnhem.
At the initiative of the Society, five of these drawings have now been made as postcards and can be bought in the Museum. This first series consists of: Major-General R.E.Urquart, Major-General S.Sosabowski, and the Brigadier- Generals P.H.W.Hicks, G.W.Lathbury and J.W.Hackett.
The original portraits have been donated to the Museum by the Society. In the future we hope to be able to edit more series, for instance of men who received the Victoria Cross after the battle.
The first series of five cards can be bought for f 5,-.

Christien de Haan’s pen-and-inkt drawings of five commanders of the Battle of Arnhem.

Membership-card
The individual members of our Society will this year receive a membership-card of which the left hand top-corner is missing! This indicates that bearers of this card have the right of free entree to the Museum for one person only. We had to do this as it was noticed that some members put the letter “G” in the left hand top-corner of their individual card, in order to obtain free entrance for their whole family.
The easiest way to prevent this mis-use was to cut away the corner. It is also cheaper than having to issue cards of different colours.

Special Subject-day on Saturday, May 30th.
A Special Subject-day will be organised for our members on.Saturday, May 30th,198?. The title of the day is: Market Garden in the “Rijk van Nijmegen .
This time special attention will be paid to the middle sector of Operation Market Garden: the operational area of the American 82nd Airborne Division. This is een logical sequence to our last excursion, which covered the Brabant Corridor.
Attention will be paid to: the airlandings near Grave and Groesbeek, the capture of the bridges across the river Maas and the Maas-Waal Canal, and the actions around the Waal-bridges near Nijmegen. Visits will also be paid to the Liberation Museum 191*1*” in its new location at Groesbeek, and to the Canadian War-Cemetery. There will be time to take photographs of all locations to be visited.
This excursion will again be guided by Karel Margry, and be organised by Mr. Voskuil.
The tentative programme is as follows:
9.00 hrs: departure by coach from the car-park near the Museum.
9.15 hrs: Grave – dropping zone E/501* Para Regt.
– “link-up” with the British 30th Army Corps from Brabant.
– capture of the important bridge across the river Maas.
10.30 hrs: Overasselt -dropping zones 501* Para Regt.
10.15 hrs: Heumen – lock bridge across the Maas-Waal Canal
– Molenhoek – former Cemetery 82nd Airborne Division.
11.15 hrs: Mook
11.30 hrs: Groesbeek – Knapheide/Klein Amerika: dropping zone 505 Para Regt.
– Bredeweg: landing zone 1st British Airborne Corps (General Browning)
12.30 – 13.30 hrs: LUNCH
11.15 – 15-15 hrs: visit Canadian Cemetery.
– Wylerbaan: droppingzone 508 Para Regt.
15-30 hrs: Berg en Dal – Duivelsberg
15-15 hrs: Hotel Sionshof: short stop for visiting the monument on the side facade of the building.
16.00 hrs: Nijmegen – Waelstate/Valkhof: actions around the Waal bridge. 16.15 hrs: Oosterhout: crossing of the river Waal by 501th Para Regt. 17.00 hrs: end of excursion.
17-30 hrs: return in Oosterbeek.
The costs for this day will be f 35,- per person. This amount comprises the costs for the coach, the lunch and the excursion-guide. The money can be paid via giro 1*1*0361*1 of the Society, mention “Themadag”. The money should be paid before May 15th. The maximum number of people that can take part has been put at 50. Booking will be handled in order of receipt of receipt of payment so don’t wait too- long!

Roll of Honour.
One of our members has very kindly undertaken to compile an alphabetical index for the Roll of Honour. At the same time some complimentary pages for the book have been completed. These pages, together with the index, can be ordered by paying f 3.50 on giro 1*1*0361*1, mention “Index”.
The first edition of the Roll of Honour, 750 copies, is almost sold out. A second edition is now being prepared.

Security measures Museum.
The other day the security system of the Museum was extended by a close-circuit TV A couple of TV-cam.eras has been placed in a number of rooms, which can be moni¬tored, so that control of these rooms has been made easier. In addition the TV- installation has been provided with a special alarm systeem

Mr. Peelen handing over to Major W.Duyts the set of medals belonging to Reg Bagguley. In the middle: Mr .Groeneweg. (Photo: B. de Reus)

Donation to the Museum of Reg Bagguley’s medal set.
On Wednesday, March 4th, Mr. Th.Peelen from Rheden donated the set of medals belonging to Reg Bagguley, to Messrs Duyts and Groeneweg, members of the Board of the Museum.
Reg was serving with the 3rd mortar platoon of the South Staffordshire Battalion and as such took part in the Battle of Arnhem. On September 20th, 1944, he was severely wounded near the Old Church in the Benedendorp at Oosterbeek. He was provisionally treated in the house of the Ter Horst family. From there he was transported to the emergency hospital in the King William III barracks in Apeldoorn. Some time afterwards he was taken to the Julianahospital, where his right leg was amputated. On January 1st, 1945, he was sent to the prisoner-of- war camp Fallingbostel and afterwards to a camp near Neuremberg. There he was liberated by American troops in April, 1945.
Thirty years after the Battle of Arnhem, Reg Bagguley was chosen to represent the British soldiers who had taken part in that battle. On September 21th, 1974, he was presented with the Medal of Honour of Renkum municipality.
Mr. Peelen knew Reg very well. In his book “Gliding to death” (1976), mr. Peelen writes about Reg’s experiences during the battle.
Reg Bagguley died on November 15th, 1986. Some years before he had given his set of medals to Mr. Peelen. Mr. Peelen decided to donate this set of medals to the Museum. The Museum possesses a special show-case in which sets of medals belonging to veterans have been given an honourable resting-place. This collection is still growing and is a lasting remembrance of the soldiers who fought for the liberation of our country.

Request of the treasurer.
Members who have not yet paid their subscription for the year 1987, are kindly requested to do so as soon as possible.

Memento for the schoolchildren
The Society has taken the initiative to give to those schoolchildren who are actively involved in the commemorations of the Battle of Arnhem, a memento of this event. Thanks to the enthousiastic co-operation of the Spitman Firm, a very old Oosterbeek firm with strong ties to the other villages in the municipality, it has become possible to present the children with a beautiful brooch with the Pegasus emblem.
All 1300 children who took part in 1986, will receive this brooch. Their schools will issue them with a ticket which can be exchanged at the Museum for a brooch. This ticket will also provide them with a cheap entrance-ticket for the Museum. In 1987 the children concerned will receive a booklet which will be issued by the Society. It is the authentic diary of a schoolgirl about her experiences during the days of September 19^1*. It contains many photographs, most of which have not been published before. Thanks to the help of the Silver Cross Health Insurance Company, publication of this booklet was made possible.
A very small number of these booklets may perhaps be for sale at the Museum in September 198?.
Major-General R.E. Urquart and the Mayor of Renkum, Drs J.W.A.M. Verlinden, will write the introduction and the preface.
Thus the Society hopes to be able to keep alive the younger generation’s interest and involvement in the events which took place in 19UU. (Chr.v.R. )

The schools project.
The educational project is one aspect of our philosophy that we must enable our children to get aquainted with our Museum. Many schools make use of our educational project: we expect to welcome the 3000th pupil in the middle of April.
The Board of the Museum and the Society will take a special interest in this event. The same applies to the management of the Oosterbeek Post-office.
In our next newsletter we hope to be able to give you more information. (Chr.v.R.)

The chair project.
The table and chairs which are at the moment in use in the Museum for meetings, etc. , do not belong to the Museum, but are lent to us by the Society for Regional Geography and History. However, this Society has now moved to its new location in Doorwerth castle, and our table and chairs have to move with it!
Therefore, the Society has started a new project: the chair project.
Friends of the Society, both Netherlands and British, both as individuals and as groups are invited to donate a chair. It is a simple, sturdy, straight-backed chair. On the chair a small plaque will be put, bearing the inscription and name of the giver.
The iniative to donate a chair for the Museum came from the British, when, during the commemorations in September 1986, the first chair was donated by friends and family of a veteran who had lately died. Afterwards, Captain R. Bingley donated two chairs on behalf of his Battalion. The inscription reads: Presented by 2 Commando, 11th S.A.S., 1st Parachute Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (19^+0-19^5) •
The costs of one chair is about f 370,- . We hope to be able in this way to obtain ten chairs and a table: they will form another symbol of the existing bond between the Airborne Museum and her British and Dutch friends.

Aquisitions for the Museum.
The other day, the Museum received again a number of special weapons, thanks to brigadier Ros of the municipal police.
The Museum also regularly receives objects from the explosives disposal unit of the Army. The other day, for instance, it received a set of package material for mortar shells.

Special aquisition.
From Mrs. Kolkman of Wageningen, the Museum received part of the hour-hand of the clock of the church tower in Driel. This clock was destroyed by shell fire in 19HU.

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Editor: Drs.R.P.G.A.Voskuil
Translation:Mrs.A.G.Meeuwsen

Special-subject afternoon on Saturday.November 28th,1987.
On Saturday.November 28th, our Society organizes another afternoon meeting dedicated to a special subject.We will again be the guests of the ELEKTRUM at Arnhem.
The programme is as follows:
13.10- 14.00 hrs – arrival of members
14.00-15.00 hrs – Lecture by Mr.Troost from Andelst on aeroplanes which were shot down during the Battle Of Arnhem.
During these last ten years,Mr.Troost has studied the history of Allied planes which crashed or were shot down during the Battle of Arnhem,and of the fate of their crews. He did this in conjunction with the working-group Air Warfare of the History Circle Kesteren. He has paid special attention to the history of planes which came down in the area of the Midden-Betuwe,between September 17th and 25th,1944. The planes consisted of fighters,transport planes and gliders. In the Betuwe region alone these losses amounted to more than twenty.
Some planes succeeded in making a forced landing,while the crew could save them¬selves.Often the members of such a crew were rescued by members of the local underground organisation,which then tried to keep the crew out of the hands of the Germans.
Mr.Troost also includes the history of the crews of glider-planes which did not reach their destination near Wolfheze,and which had to make an emergency landing in the Betuwe.
During the past years Mr.Troost has managed to build a unique collection of photographs,which will be shown during the lecture in the form of slides.
15.00-15.30 hrs – interval.The book-service will be present with a large collec¬tion of books.
15.10- 16.00 hrs – continuation of Mr.Troost’s lecture.He will be very pleased to answer any questions.
16.00-16.30 hrs – showing of two films made by amateursabout British troops en¬tering Oosterbeek on Monday,September 18th,1944.
Mr.Clous,the dentist,made his film for the larger part from his garden at the corner of Lebretweg-Utrechtseweg. In 1967,some parts of his film were used in a scientific documentary about the Battle of Arnhem,made by the Society for Film and Science in Utrecht. This afternoon will be the first time that the film will be shown in its entirity.
Two hundred metres further West, on the Utrechtseweg, Mr. Quarles van Ufford also filmed British troops on their way to Arnhem.
It is interesting to observe how the same troops,mostly in jeeps of the RECCE- Squadron,first appear on the film of Mr.Quarles van Ufford,and afterwards on that of Mr.Clous.
These valuable 8 mm films have now been copied on 16 mm films,so that they can be more easily shown to a larger public.
This will be the first time that these films are shown together,the showing of Mr.Quarles van Ufford’s film is even a real “premiere”!
16.30 hrs – end of the afternoon.
The ELEKTRUM is situated on the Klingelbeekseweg in Arnhem,some hundred metres West of the road junction Onderlangs-Bovenover.Tel.no. 085-56 80 20.

Information from the treasurer.
Enclosed with this newsletter you will find the giro-card for the payment of your contribution for 1988.The amount is f 20,- for a single person,/ 30,- for a family.
If payment is received before November 28th,members will receive their membership card from the treasurer during the meeting on November 28th.

Booklet “the Tommies are coming!” :English translation.
This booklet,which was presented to the schoolchildren who took part in this year’s commemoration on the Airborne Cemetery,will be translated into English. This will certainly please the many people who asked for an English version. It will be published in a limited edition.Further details about the sale of this booklet will appear in the next newsletter.

The Chair Project.
Since the appearance of our last newsletter,another five chairs have been donated to the Airborne Museum. On August 28th, Captain Richard Bingley,Mr. Oudendal and Mr.and Mrs. Vissers-van de Kaay each presented a chair to Mr. Verlinden,Chairman of the Foundation. The chair donated by Richard Bingley has been dedicated to: “6th Platoon S Cy 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment”; Mr.Oudendal’s chair to “Dr.Francois Louis Oudendal,former Medical Superintendent of Oranje-Nassau’s Oord near Renkum.1891-1953.”
During a meeting with the Thanet Branch on September 16th, two chairs were donated. One chair is dedicated to:”All members 156 Battalion The Parachute Regiment”, and the other to: “All members 1st Airborne Divisional Signal Regiment” We have also received a promise for a chair dedicated to the 10th Para Battalion, while several gifts of money have already been designated for the purchase of a table.
It must be noted that,contrary to what was written in our newsletter no.26, The Association for Geography and History do not want their chairs and table back for their own use.They will be very welcome for use in some of the rooms of the Museum.

German rocket detonated.
On Wednesday.September 16th,a German rocket (Wurfgranat) was discovered in the verge of a field of maize near the Oranjeweg,opposite the Airborne Museum.lt contained a bursting-charge of 70 kilogrammes of TNT.As transportation of this rocket proved to be difficult and dangerous,the Bomb Detonation Squad decided to detonate it in its original situation. At about 7 o’clock that night all roads in a wide vicinity were closed for all traffic,while the public had been advised to stay well away.
It so happened that General Urquhart,who had shortly before arrived at the Bilderberg Hotel, was taking a stroll with his wife in the neighbourhood of the Oranjeweg,when he was stopped by the police. Police-officer van 0osten,who recognized the general,asked him kindly not to walk any further.”Sir” he said “in 1944 you survived the battle here in Oosterbeek.When you stay out’of the way of this rocket now,you may survive another visit to Oosterbeek!” No need to say that the General followed his advice.
The detonation of the rocket caused a crater in the field of some metres deep, the shock could be felt inside the Museum.

General Urquhart re-visits No.14.Zwarteweg,in Arnhem.
On September 17th, the Committee “Arnhem-West” organized a meeting in the “Lombok’
quarter of the town,General Urquhart,who attended this meeting,took the opportunity to visit the house on No.14.Zwarteweg. During the Battle of Arnhem he had to hide himself in this house for 36 hours, in order not to fall into German hands.

Concrete socle for SHERMAN tank.
In our last newsletter we wrote about the plans for a concrete socle for the SHERMAN tank near the Museum. We are glad that we can tell you that these plans are going ahead well. A request for approval by the municipallity has been sent off by the Board. Calculations and budgets have beeen received.If all goes well,the Board plans to ask members of the Society for their assistance, so that the project may be finished with a maximum of dedication and a minimum of costs!

Visit of disabled veterans to the Commemoration events.
Together with the Health Insurance Company “Het Zilveren Kruis”, our Society was this year again able to invite eleven disabled veterans to come and attend the Commemorations in Oosterbeek and Arnhem.
Because of their physical conditions,our special guests needed much extra care. One of them even had to spend some time in hospital because of breathing prob¬lems . Fortunately everything went well and he could return to England with the others.
Afterwards these guests were full of praise for the way in which it had been made possible for them to be flown to Holland,to be transported to Oosterbeek and to stay here.
This time the veterans belonged to the 1st and 2nd Para Battalions; next year we hope that we can invite members of other units. They are selected with the help of British organisations of ex-Servicemen. These organisations know best the names of those people who,because of ill-health and/or lack of means,have not been able to come to Oosterbeek before.

New commemorative envelope.
True to tradition,the Museum has again this year issued a commemorative envelope. The subject chosen for this year is the 1st Airlanding Brigade.The envelope is stamped on September 17th and shows a photograph of Brigadier-General P.H.W.
Hicks,who was commander of the 1st Airlanding Brigade. The envelope also shows the emblems of the three Battalions of the Brigade: The King’s Own Scottish Borderers, the South Staffordshires and the Border Regiment.
The envelopes are numbered.Price:f 5,- .

Service of Remembrance on video.
The Oosterbeek firm of Messrs.J.Bal have made a video recording of the Service of Remembrance which took place at the Airborne Cemetery on September 20th of this year.It can be obtained at the Museum.The price is f 35,- for VHS and Betamax, f 40,- for V2000.

“Theirs is the glory” on video.
Also available at the Museum is a video recording of the original,unabridged, version of the film “Theirs is the Glory”,as it was first shown in 1946.The film has no sub-titles.
A booklet has been added which tells the story of the making of the film in August and September 1945.
The price is f 87,50.

Mosaic of aerial photographs.
During the Commemorations of 1984,the then present veterans received a mosaic of aerial photographs of the battlefields near Arnhem.The mosaic has been com¬piled from original photographs,taken by Allied reconnaissance planes.
A limited number of this mosaic is still available and is sold at the Museum.
Price: f 2,50.

Dress of parachute silk.
Mr. Th.Peelen from Rheden has donated to the Museum a dress made of parachute silk. Immediately after the airlandings, the inhabitants of Wolfheze,Heelsum and Renkum took away large number of parachutes.They used them for the making of much needed clothes.
The dress donated by Mr.Peelen is one of the few that after all these years is still in a perfect state.

New issue of the Museum guide.
A new guide of the Airborne Museum has been issued.Apart from some small changes in the contents and the addition of a photo of the new diorama in the basement, the cover has also been changed. It now also shows a photograph of Hartenstein House as it was in 1945.

Donation of a special camera.
Mr.D.van Woerkom was one of the few inhabitants of Oosterbeek who in 1944 still possessed a film for his camera. He used it on September 18th,to take pictures of members of the RECCE Squadron in their jeep in the Backerstraat.
Both the camera and the original negatives survived. Together with other origi¬nal cameras and photographs they were exhibited in the Museum during the exhibition “Photography during the Battle of Arnhem”,which was held in the spring of 1985 .
Mr.van Woerkom has now donated both camera and negatives to the Airborne Museum.

No.14,Zwarteweg, Arnhem, September 17th,1987. General Urquhart tells Mrs.L.van Wordragen of the “Arnhem-West” committee about the window on the first floor,from where he could spot a German tank.

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10th Anniversery Airborne Museum in Hartenstein House.

On May 11th 1978, the new Airborne Museum in Hartenstein House was opened officially, so May 11th,1988, was celebrated in a special way.H.R.H. Prince Bern- hard visited the Museum and received the first copy of the jubilee-book “The Harvest of 10 Years.”

The Prince was received by the Trustees of the Board of the Museum.The Mayor of Renkum municipality,Drs.J.W.Verlinden, who is also chairman of the Board of Trustees,welcomed H.R.H. in a short speech,then he presented the Prince with the book.

H.R.H. Prince Bernhard with the first copy of the jubilee book “The Har­vest of Ten Years”, given to him by Drs.J.W.Verlinden,chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Airborne Museum.
In the centre: Drs. A.Groeneweg,one of the compilers of the book. (Photo: B.de Reus).

The Prince spoke some words of thanks and was then taken on a short tour of the Museum.Special attention was paid to a small exhibition of fotographs aquired by the Museum during these last ten years. These photo’s can also be found in the jubilee-book.
Plans had been made that the exhibition was to be opened officially by Mr.G.J. Walker from England.In September 1944 Sgt.Walker was one of the three cameramen of the “Army Film and Photo Unit (AFPU)” who recorded the Battle on film and in photographs.In the end.however,Mr.Walker was unable to come to Holland.owing to the ferry-strikes, which was a great disappointment to all concerned.

Special subject day on June 18th.

During the last two years we centred our excursions around the events.which took place during Operation Market Garden in the Eindhoven and Nijmegen areas. Our guide was Drs.Karel Margry.For 1988 we planned to organize an excursion to the area between Nijmegen and Driel. It appeared .however, that there was not enough time for a thorough preparation for this complicated area. So it was decided to postpone this excursion till next year.

We now propose to take a walking excursion through the Western part of the Peri­meter .Special attention will be paid to about 20 different points of interest during this walk.
On the proposal of Mr.van Roekel, this excursion will have a somewhat different character.People will not be forced to walk in one large group,but will be allowed to take their own time, in small groups, with the help of a detailed walking-guide. At various important points there will be people waiting for them to give more detailed information.

The program of this day is as follows:
10.00 hrs: reception of the participants in the Airborne Museum.Please don’t forget to bring your membership-card!
10.00 – 12.30 hrs: walk along the Utrechtseweg,Sonnenberglaan,Valkenburglaan, van Borsselenweg to the Westerbouwing. All participants must be at the Westerbouwing at 12.30 hrs.
13.30 hrs: Lunch at the Westerbouwing.
15.30 hrs: walk through the woods of the Hemelseberg and Pietersberg to Hartenstein Park.

Mr.van Roekel has organized this day, aided by a number of committee-members and members of the Society.
The total length of the walk is about 5 kilometres.The route covers some wood­paths and accidented ground:stout walking shoes are recommended! In case of rainy weather the excursion will still take place. The costs for this excursion will be f 17,50, they include coffee,lunch and the illustrated walking guide. Money can be sent to giro nr.4403641 of the Society, before june 11th.

H.R.H.Prince Bernhard looking attentively at the photographs of the special exhibition “The Harvest of Ten Years”. (Photo:B.de Reus).

“The Harvest of ten Years”.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Airborne Museum in Hartenstein House,a special jubilee book has been published, called “The Harvest of ten Years”. It contains a choice of diaries and photographs regarding the Battle of Arnhem, aquired by the Museum during the past ten years.
It has been compiled by Messrs. W.J.M.Duyts and A.Groeneweg and contains a foreword by General Sir John W.Hackett. It consists of six stories in English and one story in Dutch.
In his diary “Ending up at Arnhem”, Mr.G.W.Jukes describes the actions near Arnhem bridge, the period that he hid himself on the Veluwe, and his failed attempt to escape:”Pegasus II”.
Mr. C.B.Labouchere ’s activities as a resistance fighter have been described in the chapter called “The airlandings near Arnhem”.(See Newsletter no 27 August 1987.) ■ ‘ ’ The complete diary of Brigadier Gerald Lathbury can be read in “September-October 1944,Arnhem Diary”.
Flying Officer R.Lawton,190 Squadron,RAF,writes about his experiences after the loss of his plane on September 19th,1944,during a supply dropping operation.His chapter is called “An Airman at Arnhem”.
Major T.I.J.Toler,00 B Squadron Glider Pilot Regiment, wrote his “Diary of Events during the Battle of Arnhem”.In it he tells about his experiences during the landings,the actions in Oosterbeek and the retreat across the Rhine.
Colonel Graeme Warrack’s complete diary is entitled !’17 Sept.-16 Oct. 1944.Arnhem Diary”.
The last chapter in the book contains “Men at Arnhem” by Alan Wood,correspondent of the Daily Express.
The book also contains 23 hitherto unknown photographs of the Battle of Arnhem. The book can be obtained at the Airborne Museum and costs f 42,50.

English edition of “The Tommies are coming!”
The English edition is now ready to be printed. We hope that it will be ready for sale in July.It can then be obtained from the Museum and will cost f 10, — . The first edition will consist of 250 books. The price for readers from England will be £ 5.-.postage included. Please send your money in cash by letter, the costs for cashing foreign bank-cheques are very high!
We are very grateful to Mrs.A.G.Meeuwsen.who took care of the translation.She has tried to retain the simple and sometimes childlike atmosphere of this diary, which makes it so unique.
We are also very grateful to the two ladies who took care of the typing of the manuscript:Mrs. M.M.H.Pelkman-Bongers and Mrs.A.J.van Damme-de Groot.
Dutch members who want to receive an English edition by post,can do so by paying f 13,— into the giro-account of the Society, mention “The Tommies are coming”.

“Operation Argyle.”
Our Dutch building-team, Messrs, van de Brand,Berghege,Dellepoort,te Niet.Pelk- man and van Roekel, have seen to it that the Sherman ~tank”ARGYLE” has been neatly placed on its concrete sockel.Well done! Our member Mr.Benter is now busy constructing the slab of granite which will bear the regimental coat of arms of the Canadian “Lord Strathcona’s Horse”.
During the period of May 30th till June 3rd, 40 Canadian soldiers belonging to the sister-regiment “8th Hussars” will come to Oosterbeek in two groups of 20 men each, to help to restore the tank to its former glory.They will do the welding, cleaning and painting jobs and will also see to restoring the original emblems and armament.
The official unveiling ceremony will take place on June 2nd. Two special guests have been invited to attend this event:the Regimental Historical Officer and the Regimental Sergeant-Major of the L.S.H. from Calgary,Canada.
Extensive information about the tank can be found in the Ministory which is sent with this Newsletter. (Chr.v.R.)

The “Chair-project”.
We have almost reached the end of our Chair-project activities. The last two chairs were given by the 2nd Para Battalion and the Gelderland branch of the Ex – Marines. This means that the Museum is now the proud owner of twelve stylish oak chairs.In the mean time the table has also arrived.This table is to be dedicated to the Allied soldiers and the Dutch civilians who gave their lives for the libe¬ration of our country.Donations for the table are still welcome. The names of all donors of money will be mentioned on a brass tablet in the centre of the table. A provisional inscription will announce the amount of money received.

The”School-proj ect”.
Almost every file with information for schoolchildren has been handed out since the project started in 1984.This means that about five thousand Dutch schoolchil¬dren have visited our Museum till now.At first it was only the regional schools which were interested, but by now we receive requests from all parts of the country. We are now considering to have a second edition printed. If it is financially possible,we will continue this important work .

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