Life photographer George Silk records grim little incident of US combat engineers at one of the Roer pontoon bridges Click on the first photo to...

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On another Roer footbridge lies the body of an American soldier who was hit by German mortar-shell fragments when he was only 50 feet from east bank.

As the morning sun shines through the open roof of a house in Julich, Ninth Army infantrymen dash across Roer under German mortar and machine-gun fire

Underneath striated lines of tracer shells, smoke generators on the est bank of the Roer make a low white could to hide the men crossing the river

In the flickering night barrage which preceded the crossing of the Roer, the flashes of exploding shells light up a pillar of whilte-phosphorous smoke

Here's the actual story. I am going to supply the pics too... From an article in LIFE magazine, March 12, 1945 Since December the U. S...

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Michel: Make sure you read the article - the Allies Drive for the Rhine (listed above) for Dennis just stopped by and pointed out the pictures (...

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Colin, this is so cool. After all this time you were able to discover what this was. Nancy will be so thrilled, as am I. Bravo, good job mate!!...