U.S. Forces cross Roer River in new drive. Infantrymen of the Ninth U.S.

U.S. Forces cross Roer River in new drive. Infantrymen of the Ninth U.S. Army cross an assault bridge spanning the Roer River in Germamny at the start of the large-scale offensive launched February 23, 1945. In the first 24 hours of the new American offensive on the Western Front, 15 villages were stormed and 1,400 prisoners taken.