American infantrymen board a floating barge at Nierstein, Germany in March 1945.
U.S. Army Signal Corp Photograph, Gift of Maude Hayman, from the collection of The National World War II Museum
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American infantrymen board a floating barge with a Sherman tank on top. "ETO-HQ-45-22847. Schneider. 23 Mar. Signal corps photo. Infantrymen crowd aboard assault boat raft with tank destroyer of the 5th [Armored] Division as it is ferried across the Rhine at Nierstein." Nierstein, Germany. 23 March 1945.
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Collection of European Theater U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs.
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Nierstein
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49.875
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8.347
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Boats--American--Germany
Tanks (Military science)--American--Germany
Soldiers--American--Germany