U.S. soldiers carry an assault boat down to the Moselle river, to cross it at the commune of Dornot, France.

River to be crossed

Captain J. McMahon of the U.S. 9th Army, assisted by a lieutenant, carries a child across a destroyed bridge over the Elbe river at Tangermünde, Germany. The bridge was blown up by the retreating German troops; 1 May, 1945.  

Safely across

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. 