Until the very last moments of the war Allied soldiers were losing their lives in Europe. A machine gunner tasked with providing covering fire for the 2nd. U.S. Infantry advancing across a bridge in Leipzig, lies dead in a pool of his own blood, shot by a German sniper. 

Still Dying

My father, Sgt. Henry W. Hayden, second from right on the street, leading a squad from the 78th Infantry Division, 310th Regiment after crossing Remagen Bridge. 
My dad passed away last October, and I found this photo in a 310th Regiment yearbook. He was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star as well as a Presidential Unit Citation for action in Germany, March 1945. I love you dad!!


Remagen Bridgehead

Less than a minute from death, this Gunner's fate is sealed. Life Magazine blocked the faces I imagine to spare the Dead Soldiers family. The telegram they would have received would of been bad enough, but too open up a Life Magazine and see your son... dead! 