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 ...

REMAGEN, Germany (Stars and Stripes) — One of the first Americans to rush over and several of the last Germans to retreat across the famed Remagen bridge in 1945 were reunited amid jokes, laughter and ...

Army medic Gene Day found himself crossing a bridge deep into the heartland of Germany in early March 1945, unaware which river he was crossing in the nighttime darkness. It was only after he got to ...

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 ...

Foreword by James H. Madison -- Introduction -- PART I. THE WAR : A CHRONOLOGICAL STORY. Battle for Remagen Bridge across the Rhine River -- Fast evacuation of wounded : an experiment -- Continued ...