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Stanley White

Stanley White

Стэнли Уайт

1921 – 1944

Stanley White

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Biography

Corporal Stanley White served with the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, dropping into Normandy on D-Day. He fought at the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, where the battalion attempted to hold the north end of Arnhem Bridge against overwhelming German forces. Stanley was killed on the third day of fighting. Of the 10,000 Allied airborne troops who landed at Arnhem, fewer than 2,500 escaped.

Biography (Russian)

Капрал Стэнли Уайт десантировался в Нормандии в День Д. Погиб в битве при Арнеме, где батальон удерживал мост против превосходящих сил. Из 10 000 десантников вернулись менее 2 500.

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