The 506th got into Eindhoven without further difficulty. The Dutch were out to welcome them. Many spoke English.
”So nice to see you!” they called out. “Glad you have come!” “We have waited so long!” They brought out chairs, hot tea, fresh milk, apples, pears, peaches. Orange flags and orange armbands hidden for years blossomed on all the houses and shirtsleeves. The applause was nearly deafening; the men had to shout to each other to be heard. “It was the most sincere thanksgiving demonstration any of us were to see,” Webster wrote,” and it pleased us very much.”
It took most of the rest of the day [for the Americans] to push though the crowds to secure the bridges over the Dommel River. It did not matter; the British tankers did not show up until late that afternoon. They promptly stopped, set up housekeeping, and proceeded to make tea.
Source:
Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Hell’s Highway.” Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 126-27. Print.
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