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20th Sept 1944 - H & I Coys, 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR Assult Crossing Waal River, to capture Nijmegen Bridge, from the film A Bridge Too Far (1977) [Taking the bridge was a joint operation with the Grenadier Guards racing across to support the 504th taking the Northern end, two tanks were knocked out during the crossing. The 504th PIR, 82nd Airborn took massive casualties in their river crossing which enabled the bridge to be taken, knocking out anti-tank and defencive positions at the Northern