Crossing the Rhine at Remagen

Identifier
irn1004682
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.417.1
  • RG-60.1406
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Dark views of a building along the river. Military personnel aboard a boat, MS of soldier with camera. Pan of buildings along the Rhine riverside at Remagen, Germany. The pontoon bridge crossing the Rhine River at Remagen in March 1945. The first Army nurses to cross the Rhine River were with the 51st Field Hospital on March 14, 1945. Boats and landing crafts dock and corps members move to shore. Another view of the bridge. The first nurses to cross the Rhine on March 13 included: Chief Nurse Lois K. Grant, Ione C. Kinneck, Helen Johnson, Madalyn H. Andreko, Josephine J. Jennis, Beatrice Wachter, Mildred Judkins, Kay Wadry, Florence Bestman, Frances M. Anderson, and Lois (Dorothy) Judd.

Note(s)

  • Detailed film condition and transfer report from Brodsky and Treadway in departmental files.

  • Refer to NARA photograph 111 SC 370799 or newspaper article regarding Rhine crossing.

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