U.S. troops clear Coblenz. Guns ready, soldiers of the 87th Infantry Division, Third U.S.

U.S. troops clear Coblenz. Guns ready, soldiers of the 87th Infantry Division, Third U.S. Army, storm a building in Coblenz, Reich city at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle Rivers which was captured March 17, 1945. The 87th Division crossed the Moselle and entered Coblenz from the south to join forces with other Third Army troops who pushed across the river at a different point and drove into the ancient city from the north. Following the capture of Coblenz, Third Army armer swept south of the Moselle to the great Rhine city of Mainz.