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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...
Desmond completed his parachute training at PTS Kabrit in India, course number 21.
He joined K Section, 2 Coy, 4 Para Brigade, Royal Signals, part of the 1 Airborne Division as a Lance Corporal.
He was taken prison of war during the Battle for the Arnhem bridge in September 1944.
