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

U.S. Forces cross Roer River in new drive. Medical corpsmen of the Ninth U.S. Army man an assault boat to evacuate wounded across the swiftly flowing Roer River as the new large scale offensive is launched February 23, 1945, toward the Rhine. A bridge that spanned the Roer near this point was destroyed when an M-4 Älligator"was rammed against the span by strong currents.