Allied forces at Juelich during World War II in Germany. U.S. troops cross Roer (Rur) River in assault boats. Soldiers debark at bank. Signs "Expecting life - Finding death" and "Life is short -- War long" written on a wall at bank as a boat approaches. Ruins in Juelick. Wrecked buildings. Soldier sitting in hole in buiding wall playing a tuba. The arrowhead enclosed "T" of the U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division is clearly visible on his helmet. Soldiers on a hillside. Infantry walking through antitank obstacles at the Siegfried line.