This book commemorates the US paratrooper heroes who died on 20 September 1944 during the attempted crossing of the River Waal to liberate the city of Nijmegen in Holland. The bridge crossing was a key part of Operation Market Garden, made famous in the film A Bridge Too Far, and this beautifully illustrated and researched book traces the significance of the bridge to the overall campaign and details events leading up to the operation. Most importantly, it provides gripping and insightful information into the individual stories of the US 82nd Airborne soldiers who heroically gave their lives trying to cross the bridge. Filled with previously unpublished historic photographs, the book tells the story of Operation Market Garden in a way never seen before.