German refugee column on Seventh U.S. Army front.

German refugee column on Seventh U.S. Army front. German girls at the head of a column of civilian refugees wear white dresses as a surrender token in the Seventh U.S. Army sector inside the Reich. The refugees were taken unaware by the plunge of the American forces from Alsace into Germany March 19, 1945. A week later, the Seventh Army crossed the Rhine to establish another Allied bridgehead on the eastern side of the river.