John Frost Bridge
In 1978 the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem was renamed the John Frost Bridge in his honour, reportedly after much reluctance to accept the honour from Frost. His role in the battle was told in Cornelius Ryan's bestseller A Bridge Too Far. Frost himself wrote an autobiography A Drop Too Many based on his wartime experiences which was published in 1980. His second autobiography Nearly There was published in 1991. Frost acted as a military consultant to Richard Attenborough's film adaptation of Ryan's book. In the movie Frost was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins.
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