Memorial Rhine Crossing Patton's Bridge Builders
Rheinallee 5, 55283, Nierstein
Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Nearby, at Oppenheim, on 22 March 1945 around 10 pm, the first troops of the 5th US Infantry Division crossed the Rhine and established a bridgehead on the east side of the river. The next day, troops of the 249th Engineer Battalion built a pontoon bridge here and the after the bridge at Remagen, the 2nd crossing of the Rhine was a fact. That day, Patton himself made the crossing on foot.
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