Liberation Route audio spot in Nederweert
At each Liberation Route audio spot, you can listen to the impressive experiences of one or more people during the last years of the war. In Nederweert, you can listen to the story about Corporal Henri Eric Harden and the battle for Vlootbeek.
Risking his life
"It is bitterly cold when the commandos of the 45th Royal Marines advance on foot, crawling and creeping towards Maasbracht and Brachterbeek in the early morning of 23 January 1945. They come under heavy machine-gun fire from the paramilitaries of the Hübner Fallschirmjäger. These have dug in behind the Vlootbeek.
Soon several commandos are wounded and they lie in the open field in the snow. Corporal Henri Eric Harden is attached to the medical staff as a corporal. He goes to the wounded at the risk of his life..."
Click here for the recording: Risking his life