Title |
Unfinished Pontoon bridge at the Rhine River |
Creator |
Andersen, Phil; Andersen, Barbara |
Publisher |
Family Heritage Publishers |
Date |
2004 |
Date Digital |
2004 |
Temporal Coverage |
1945 |
Spatial Coverage |
Germany |
Subject |
Photograph; World War II; US Army Soldiers; 310th Infantry Regiment; 78th Infantry Division; Pontoon bridge; Rhine River; First Army; Ninth Army |
Description |
US Army Foot Soldier's personal photograph of unfinished pontoon bridge crossing the Rhine River April, 1945. |
Abstract |
US Army Foot Soldier's personal photograph of unfinished pontoon bridge crossing the Rhine River in April 1945. The pontoon bridges were built using small boats hooked together side by side. These temporary bridges had to be built since the Germany Army destroyed many bridges to prevent advancing Allied forces. |
Type |
Image/StillImage |
Genre |
War Photo |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Rights |
©Paulette Stevens, 2004. This item is available under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND license. The license allows this work to be downloaded and shared with others with proper attribution to the copyright holder, but this item cannot be changed in any way or used for commercial purposes. For more information about this license go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by |
Is Part of |
Polished Works Collection |
Scanning Technician |
Susan Sherman |
Conversion Specifications |
Screen capture saved on MS Paint at 96 dpi. Display in CONTENT dm as 877 x 964 ppi size 263KB |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6vx26zc |
Setname |
uu_lsl |
ID |
927131 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx26zc |