12-224 Garand Picture of the Day - 9th Armored Engineer Battalion

[Mark in Rochester]

Members of C Company, 9th Engineers, conduct a memorial service for those killed during the Siege of Bastogne, 22 January 1945.



"CROSS THE RHINE WITH DRY FEET COURTESY OF 9TH ARM'D DIV"

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[browningautorifle]

I wonder if that bottom pic is actually Remagen?

[Mark in Rochester]

I wonder if that bottom pic is actually Remagen?

Yes Remagen



The commanding general of the 9th Armored Division (third from right), and members of the division who won the Distinguished Service Cross pose with the sign placed on the Ludendorff Bridge after its capture. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by W. Spangle on September 18, 1945, several months after the bridge was captured.

— National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.

[emmagee1917]

At what time in the memorial service did the tree come down ? They have never done that around here , of course , the lack of trees might be why.
Chris

[Mark in Rochester]

At what time in the memorial service did the tree come down ? They have never done that around here , of course , the lack of trees might be why.
Chris

All are 9th Armored Engineer Battalion images

[browningautorifle]

I think that's just an M1 pic, the fact he's about to drop a tree is beside the point.