1st Infantry Division troops boarding a LCVP on a Rhine riverbank, Oberwinter, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. 1st Infantry Division troops boarding a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] on a bank along the Rhine. Official caption on front: "1st Div. troops cross Rhine at Oberwinter, Germany. 3-17-45. US Army Photo 156-9." Oberwinter, Germany. 17 March 1945
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03/17/1945
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Rheinland-Pfalz
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50.000
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7.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Germany
Landing craft--American--Germany
Rhine River--Germany
Operation Plunder, 1945
Infantry--American--Germany