TEXAS FLAG OVER SIEGFRIED LINE Part 3

Description

Summary: Entrance-archway, inscribed: "You Are Entering Germany Through Courtesy Of The l42nd Regiment". Several flashes, hoisting the Texas flag which passes across face of swaztika emblem. US Major Puck hoists flag. Soldiers in split file march toward camera. One man wears a top hat. VS, Siegfried line, long rows of concrete "Dragon's Teeth". Two US soldiers examine the teeth of the line. Flashes of tanks passing a dead German lying at side of road. Long line of prisoners march toward camera. 9TH ARMORED DIVISION CROSSING THE RHINE RIVER.: Remagen, Germany: 03/09/1945: MCUs, German prisoners, including naval officers, are searched. Other prisoners surrendering to waiting US soldiers. US troops crossing the Rhine bridge in jeeps, trucks, M-4 tanks, and on foot. Sign over masonic arch reads, "Cross The Rhine With Dry Feet - Courtesy of the 9th Armd Div". (Note: This is the famous Ludendorff bridge.)

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities