REMAGEN, Germany (Stars and Stripes) — One of the first Americans to rush over and several of the last Germans to retreat across the famed Remagen bridge in 1945 were reunited amid jokes, laughter and ...

After the Allied landings on Normandy and their subsequent trek into the German heartland, the retreating Wehrmacht blew up ...

George E. Learned served in the 89th Cav Rcn Sq (Mecz) of the 9th Armd Div as a first lieutenant at the time of the capture of the Remagen bridge. He revisited the town for the first time since 1945 ...

The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen was the site of a pivotal moment in WWII. On March 7, 1945, American forces crossed into Germany, making their first breakthrough into the heartland. Discover the ...

Army medic Gene Day found himself crossing a bridge deep into the heartland of Germany in early March 1945, unaware which river he was crossing in the nighttime darkness. It was only after he got to ...

Retired trucker Dan Yolo, 91, was standing on the strategic Rhine River span when it crumpled into the Rhine in 1945. Recall ever hearing of the Ludendorff Bridge in Germany? Little remains of the ...

Wolf Koch will present “Capturing The Remagen Bridge 70 Years Ago” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the German American Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport. “The Miracle of Remagen” happened when ...

March 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany shortly after declaring independence ...

On March 6, 1945 forces from the 9th Armored Division of the U.S. 1st Army moved south from embattled Cologne along the west bank of the Rhine. As they entered Remagen on the 7th, they were astounded ...