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During the darkest days of World War II, they served as the light—Americans whose courage could overcome all odds to illuminate a path toward victory. At the Netherlands American Cemetery, more than 8,000 Americans rest—among them those who fought in Operation Market Garden. On September 17, 1944, three Allied airborne divisions dropped into Holland while British armor advanced on the ground. The U.S. 101st Airborne secured crossings near Eindhoven, and the 82nd captured the Maas bridge at Grave