U.S. 9th Army infantrymen, wearing U.S. M1926 Life belts as part of their battle gear, advance through destroyed German Town of Linnich, Germany, in World War 2. Wreckage and rubble of destroyed buildings,everywhere. Infantrymen enter a building, one at a time, through a hole in the wall. . U.S. medic treating the wounded can be seen in the background. A field medical station with red cross outside, is set up in a bombed out structure. A U.S. amphibious assault vehicle drives through the town.
Engineers of the U.S. 9th Army construct a pontoon footbridge while under fire at bank of Roer River in Linnich,Germany. during World War 2. U.S. 9th Army infantrymen take cover. Infantrymen and medics race across the bridge.
U.S. 9th Army infantrymen at a river bank in Linnich,Germany, during World War 2. The infantrymen move up the bank and crawl pass a wired fence. A U.S. half track is in the background. A large column of German prisoners is marched under guard by the American troops on the streets of the devastated town.
Released American Prisoners of War (POW) kick and throw objects at a German prisoner of war at Grasleben in Germany, near the end of World War 2 in Europe. The released U.S. POWs wave at the American soldiers of 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division passing in trucks and jeeps. They gather around a jeep and converse with soldiers of the 117th Infantry.
Recently released Allied Prisoners of War (POWs) kick and throw objects at several German soldiers, just captured as prisoner of war in Grasleben, Germany, during World War 2. The German soldiers run past them, with their hands raised; as the liberated Allied soldiers kick and throw things at them. A U.S. Army soldier of 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division gives food and water to the emaciated former Allied prisoners.
A U.S. Army Captain examines bodies of American soldiers of the 46th Tank Battalion, 13th Armored Division, killed when their Sherman M4 tank was struck by panzerfaust anti-tank weapons and 20mm fire, on April 17, 1945, in the final days of World War 2, in Europe. The wrecked tank and human remains are seen at the intersection of Ellerstraße & Hülsenstraße, in Hilden Germany. Closeup of the Captain looking closely at the dog tags of one dead soldier. Next, he is seen checking the dog tags of other dead tank crew members, as local German townspeople watch from nearby. He and another officer cover the bodies with a large tarpaulin.
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