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GUESTWORDS: The Bridge, May 8, 1945 - EastGUESTWORDS: The Bridge, May 8, 1945East Hampton StarIn 1939, when World War II started, 47 rail and road bridges spanned the Rhine River in Germany. By March 1945, when we reached the river, 46 had been destroyed and the one still standing, at Remagen, was near collapse. Hundreds of thousands of Allied ...
Posted on 3 May 2012 | 4:13 pm
Army veteran, 92, will lead parade - NewsArmy veteran, 92, will lead paradeNews Transcript“Mr. Handleman was awarded the Purple Heart and was injured in Linz, Germany, while his unit captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which is also known as the Bridge at Remagen,” Schnurr said. “It was a strategic event in World War II because it was the only ...and more »
Posted on 1 May 2012 | 7:48 pm
Park group honors World War II veteran - ThePark group honors World War II veteranThe Steubenville Herald-Star... liberate Europe from German forces. Lauck was 18 when he entered the Army and one of 11 children, including three brothers who also would serve in the military during World War II, securing the famed bridge at Remagen; the Korean and Vietnam wars; ...and more »
Posted on 30 April 2012 | 4:06 pm
This Day, April 25, In Jewish History byThis Day, April 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. LevinCleveland Jewish News (blog)It was here that I learned that my brother Jack had been shot down and killed in Germany. The Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine at Remagen, liberating Leipzig, meeting the Russians at Torgau on the bank of the Elbe were the points in this ...and more »
Posted on 25 April 2012 | 5:00 am
Paul W. Reed, avid fisherman - Cape GazettePaul W. Reed, avid fishermanCape GazetteGeorge Patton. Paul's tank battalion was the first American troops to cross the Rhine River into Germany, capturing the Ludendorff Bridge and Remagen. He was in the current Czech Republic when Germany surrendered. Paul met and married Margaret Jane ...
Posted on 18 April 2012 | 5:35 pm

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