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| Keywords: US Army crossing the Rhine on heavy ponton bridge at Worms, March, 1945.png en US Army crossing the Rhine River on pontoon supported treadway bridge at Worms March 1945 2015-03-13 US Army unknown photographer other versions Additional information Bridge was built by the 85th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion on March 26 1945 200-feet downstream from the demolished Ernst Ludwig highway bridge It was named the Alexander Patch Bridge after the Seventh Army commander General Alexander Patch A stone tower of the former bridge is visible on the opposite bank <ref>Beck Alfred M et al The Corps of Engineers The War Against Germany Ž Center of Military History U S Army 1985 http //www history army mil/html/books/010/10-22/CMH_Pub_10-22 pdf</ref> PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate World War II 1945 in Germany United States Army in World War II Bridges over the Rhine in Germany | ||||
