AFTER a reunion last week of the combat soldiers who were there on both sides of the lines, the question of why the Germans failed to blow the famed Ludendorff bridge still remains unsettled. But the ...
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 ...
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 ...
When American GIs captured the bridge at Remagen 50 years ago tomorrow to allow the first Rhine River crossing into the Nazi heartland, the old railroad span became an instant symbol of inevitable ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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