George E. Learned served in the 89th Cav Rcn Sq (Mecz) of the 9th Armd Div as a first lieutenant at the time of the capture of the Remagen bridge. He revisited the town for the first time since 1945 ...
It was called Operation Lumberjack. The World War II plan was to get the U.S. Army across the Rhine River, capture Cologne, secure the Koblenz sector and push east. Cologne fell on March 5, 1945.
The March 7, 1945, seizure the Rhine River's Remagen Bridge by a U.S. Army task force is an outstanding example of individual and organizational initiative and carefully assessed aggressiveness. A ...
BUNNELL — Edwin A. Thompson — “Tommy” to his friends — was 34, married and well established in a career when the U.S. Army called. America needed him for a “special service assignment” in the war ...
Retired trucker Dan Yolo, 91, was standing on the strategic Rhine River span when it crumpled into the Rhine in 1945. Recall ever hearing of the Ludendorff Bridge in Germany? Little remains of the ...
On March 7 Charles Aldieri celebrated his 85th birthday in a restaurant on the west side of the Rhine River here. The restaurant owner gave him a drink on the house. His reception here 65 years ago ...
Wolf Koch will present “Capturing The Remagen Bridge 70 Years Ago” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the German American Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport. “The Miracle of Remagen” happened when ...
On March 6, 1945 forces from the 9th Armored Division of the U.S. 1st Army moved south from embattled Cologne along the west bank of the Rhine. As they entered Remagen on the 7th, they were astounded ...
arrives on Blu-ray, looking quite wonderful despite the passage of 48 years since its summer of '69 release, via reissue label Twilight Time. That means it's a limited edition (3,000 total units ...
Ken Hechler, an urbane historian who carpetbagged his way into West Virginia’s gritty politics, where he battled destructive coal-industry practices, unsafe mining conditions and felonious county ...
The March 7, 1945, seizure the Rhine River’s Remagen Bridge by a U.S. Army task force is an outstanding example of individual and organizational initiative and carefully assessed aggressiveness. A ...
The March 7, 1945, seizure the Rhine River's Remagen Bridge by a U.S. Army task force is an outstanding example of individual and organizational initiative and carefully assessed aggressiveness. A ...
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