Still another small German town falls to the infantrymen of the 9th Armored Division, U.S. First Army, as they drive through Kleinbüllesheim, Germany, in the march to the Rhine River, 6 March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 335253
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Pfc. George Wojtowicz, 102 Davitt Ave., Campbell, Ohio, of the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, talks to a Russian. This man was a former prisoner of the Germans. Gross Vernich, Germany. 5 March, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 405018
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The Stars and Stripes flies from a building on the left while on the right you can read the slogan “Es lebe der Führer” or “Long live the Führer”. The town of Schwerfen was taken by a Cavalry Reconnaissance unit of the 1st U.S. Army 6 March, 1945. Further on the wall (1) you can read the slogan “Wir kapitulieren nie – Alles fur Deutschland“.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 336787
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Infantrymen of the 2nd Division, 1st U.S. Army, move through the streets of Scheven, Germany, Germany, as they advance towards Eiserfey, Germany. 6 March, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 270606
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9th Infantry Division men carefully enter Fussenich, Germany in 1945.
Then image: https://9thinfantrydivision.net/
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Intelligence soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division checking telephone cables in front of the damaged church in Jakobwüllesheim on February 28, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Grace Kailuhu
American soldiers in the Vuvenstrasse corner Hochstrasse building a communication line in the Gasthof Hansa Eck, Euskirchen, March 1945.
Then image: US signal corps
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MP’s with the US 518th Military Police Battalion perfom traffic control and other duties in the city of Euskirchen, Germany in april 1945.
Then image: LIFE magazine – John Florea (non commercial only educational use)
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American soldiers gather together in the Gereonstrasse and taking a break after heaving fighting in the Hurtgenwald, March 1945.
Then image: ?
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American M26 “Pershing” of the 9th Armored Regiment cautiously moving through the streets of Euskirchen near the railway station, march-april 1945.
Then image: ?
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