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Two US Ninth Army infantrymen under intense machine gun & mortar fire, running across pontoon footbridge spanning the Roer River as body of American soldier lies sprawled before them during WWII.
Location:Julich, Germany
Date taken:February 1945
Photographer:George Silk
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Think of what the photographer was risking in this case...
Bob
Looks like GI in top photo was dropped first. Another in short order. I never can help thinking...son, brother, father. War is Shiza..... Would not wanna be in that snipers shoes. Most were shot outright.
There is archive film of this scene. At about the 1:18 point on the film, the crossing and soldier can be seen.
Stock Footage - US 29th Infantry Division crosses Ruhr River and captures Jülich, Germany during World War II