United States troops of the 345th Regiment, 87th Infantry Division take cover behind M-4 Tanks of U.S. 734th Tank Battalion in a wood near Tambach in Germany. The infantrymen fire at German positions in the wooded area. An officer of the 87th Infantry Division speaks over field telephone and directs further operations. The infantrymen fire at German positions and advance to take new covering positions. (World War II period).
Bulldozer of U.S. 237th Battalion Engineers, First U.S. Army, VII Corps, clears the road of fallen trees and abandoned vehicles in Osterode, Germany. German prisoners assist U.S. soldiers in rolling tree logs to the side of the road. Bulldozer clears road for passage of vehicles. (World War II period).
A United States M-5 Stuart light tank burns on the side of a road in Osterode, Germany. A hole in the armor of the wrecked tank. U.S. Army soldiers stand near the smoking tank. A German 88mm gun is pushed to side of the road. Refugees move back into the city with their belongings. (World War II period).
United States Military Police (MP) of the 3rd Armored Division, First U.S. Army (FUSA) search German prisoners near a roadside in Nordhausen, Germany. (World War II period).
Congressman Everett Dirksen of Illinois, Chicago and U.S. Commander, John S Young arrive at camp Mettelbau-Dora (Nazi concentration camp) in Nordhausen, Germany. Dirksen and Young conduct a tour of the prison camp accompanied by U.S. Army officers. The visitors interview a released camp prisoner and visit German V-weapon ( V1s and V2s) manufacturing factories (Mittelwerk factory at Kohnstein).
The opening ceremony of the Victory Railroad Bridge on Rhine river in Duisburg, Germany. U.S. soldiers of the 332nd Engineer Regiment stand in columns beneath the bridge. A flight of U.S. B-26 bombers passes overhead as trains loaded with U.S. troops cross the newly constructed bridge. U.S. Army Generals include Major General Leonard T Gerow, Major General Cecil R Moore, Brigadier General Clarence R Burpee, Brigadier General Ewart G Plank and Brigadier General Carl R Gray are present at the ceremony. The Generals deliver their speeches to the troops from a raised platform. Soldiers of the 332nd Engineer Regiment receive medallions. The customs towers of the old Rheinhausen -Duisburg bridge can be seen still standing on the opposite bank. (World War II period).
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