According to several books written about MarketGarden campaign , including by Paratrooper Don Burgett 1506 th , and 101 st Historian Mark Bando , there was fighting in Eindhoven . It was primarily carried out by 1 st Battalion 506 th , as well as by D Co , 2506 th . I visited Eindhoven last year for the 71 th of MarketGarden . A local guide took me around the 101 st area of operations , starting in Eindhoven where he showed me the locations of several 88 mm guns also detailed in books by Burgett et al . that were knocked out by paratroopers , as well as a church occupied by German snipers . The Americans didn ' t exactly walk into Eindhoven , but at the same time there was nowhere near the same level of resistance offered like there was in Arnhem and Nijmegen .