Members of the 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry, cross the Moselle river in an assault boat at the commune of Dornot, France; 1944.

Crossing the Moselle

Dragging flat-bottomed assault boats toward the banks of the Roer River on February 23, 1945, engineers of the 84th Infantry Division, Ninth Army, prepare for a contested crossing in less than ideal conditions. Days of rain had turned the Roer into a torrent and prevented units of the Ninth Army from crossing on schedule during the opening phase of Operation Grenade. 

River to cross

Pfc. Jerry Casillo, of Buffalo, N.Y., cleans his rifle during a rare moment of rest while his fellow soldiers catch some sleep on a beachhead at Normandy, France, some time after D-Day, but during the continuing Allied invasion. 
