On March 7th, men of the 9th Armored Division were surprised to find the Ludendorff Railway Bridge over the Rhine was still standing. The German defenders at Remagen failed to drop the big bridge ...

commander 9th Armored Division unit which captured Remagen Bridge, 1945; this week took the post made vacant by the death of Major General Bryant Moore (see above) whom he had succeeded in 1948 as ...