[1] The monument, a bronze statue of a marine, was made by Titus Leeser and was unveiled by Prince Bernhard on July 5, 1963.

It stands on Oostplein, directly opposite the site of the former marines' barracks, which was bombed away in the May days of 1940.

The wall surrounding the memorial also lists other achievements in the history of the Marine Corps, such as the four-day naval battle at Chatham in 1666, the Dutch East Indies, Korea, Cambodia and Uruzgan.

From England, a number of Engelandvaarders/marines were sent to the United States to be further trained together with 450 Dutch marines to be deployed later in the war against Japan.

Some of them were sent back to England to reinforce the Princess Irene Brigade, which landed at Arromanches on August 8.