Men of the First US Army in the Erpeler Ley tunnel, Erpel, Germany, 11 Mar 1945; note two wrecked Jeeps and Ludendorff Bridge in background

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Caption     Men of the First US Army in the Erpeler Ley tunnel, Erpel, Germany, 11 Mar 1945; note two wrecked Jeeps and Ludendorff Bridge in background ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Erpel, Köln-Aachen, Germany
Date 11 Mar 1945
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via Wikimedia Commons
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Identification Code   111-SC-201973
 
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1. Jim Huber says:
7 Jan 2017 01:30:04 PM

My uncle Albert Huber helped capture and hold the bridge.

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WW2-Era Location Name:
Erpel, Köln-Aachen, Germany

Latitude-Longitude:
50.5815, 7.2445

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Seebeckwerft shipyard, Bremerhaven, Germany, date unknown

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