Ninth U.S. Army crosses the Rhine. Combat engineers of the 30th Division, Ninth U.S.

Ninth U.S. Army crosses the Rhine. Combat engineers of the 30th Division, Ninth U.S. Army, ferry tanks across the Rhine during the mass crossings of the German river which began March 23, 1945. Units of both the U.S. an British Navies ferried troops and heavy equipment of the 21st Army Group across the river in the most extensive amphibious operations on the Western Front since the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches."