Soldiers of 9th Armored Division with Sign from Ludendorff Bridge, 10/13/1945
The 9th AD had seized the bridge despite heavy enemy fire and demolition charges, resulting in the establishment of the first Allied bridgehead across the Rhine. When they returned, they may have given the sign to the Army War College.
Series: Photographic Albums of Prints of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 9/1942 - 12/1945
Record Group 336: Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation, 1917 - 1966
Image description: 32 white men in Army uniforms and soft caps pose around a sign made of sheet metal. The sign reads, “CROSS THE RHINE WITH DRY FEET / COURTESY OF 9TH ARM’D DIV”.









