Units of the 78th Infantry Division - Remagen - RLP - Germany
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N 50° 34.680 E 007° 14.655
32U E 375689 N 5604370
78th Infantry Devision, first to cross the Bride of Remagen.
Waymark Code: WMQTRP
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 03/28/2016
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March 8, 1945
Elements of the 78th Infantry Division led by company B of the 310th Regiment attached to the 9th armored division crossed the Ludendorff Bride at Remagen at 4:30 hours the 78th division under Major General Edwin P. Parker Jr. subsequently enlarged the bridgehead on the east bank of the Rhine River.
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Type of memorial: Plaque
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