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Westkapelle, Holland: German bunkers dug deep in the sides of sand dunes are used by Dutch families whose homes were destroyed when the dikes were bombed. With salvaged belonging they have made these cave dwellings comfortable, but soap to keep up their traditional tidiness is the greatest problem. A distribution of American Red Cross laundry soap made wash day possible for this family.

Queen Wilhelmina visits liberated Holland. A Dutch father holds his son on his shoulder to watch the reception given Queen Wilhelmina at Westkapelle on Walcheren Island. Westkapelle is one of the worst hit areas of the flooded island.

' Westkapelle, monument landingsplaats 1944' Op 3-10-1944 werd de dijk door geallieerde bommen verwoest, om Walcheren onder water te zetten en zo te kunnen bevrijden van de Duitsers. Ongeveer 200 inwoners van het stadje kwamen bij dit bombardement om het leven; de plaats zelf werd zo goed als van de kaart geveegd door de bommen en het binnenstromende zeewater. Op 1 november landde de vierde Commando-Brigade ...

Walcheren epic, November, 1944. Wounded men seing transferred from a landing craft to another acting as a hospital ship. The Royal Marines landing at Westkapelle. Our close support bombadment craft, manned by the Royal Navy, ran the gauntlet of the shore batteries and drew the enemy's fir while the assault went through. Losses were severe - at the rate of 4 out of 5 - but the Navy's job was done.

Liberated Walcheren Island folk look to a hard future with fortitude. A close view of the one of the breaches in the sea dyke at Westkapelle. The village itself may be seen in the background.

Rondreis Zeeland. Koningin Wilhelmina loopt met de commissaris der koningin jhr. J.W. Quarles van Ufford (rechts) langs ruïnes in het zwaar verwoeste Westkapelle. Aan beide zijden Sherman tanks

Liberated Walcheren Island folk look to a hard future with fortitude. Two Dutch women discussing the damage to their clothes during the flooding of Walcheren Island, as a husband smiles good naturedly at right on the main street of Westkapelle. The sturdy, stoical villagers smile in spite of their misfortunes as theu move their belongings to drier parts of the town.

AD B 2 Bevrijding The finale phase of the battle to free the approaches to the Belgian port of Antwerp began on Nov. 1st. when Royal Marine Commandos landed at dawn at Westkapelle. The Western most point of the island of Walcheren. By dusk the town had been captured and a bridgehead 3,000 yards long South had been established. From this bridgehead the Commandos pushed North and South the next day along ...