14-042 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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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[Bob Womack]

Think of what the photographer was risking in this case...


Bob

[gtodan]

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.

[Allen Humphrey]

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