European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Tai Imlay february 23,1950 beginning of the end arrows show the linkup Between the 1st and 3d . Annies which cleared All germans from the West Bank of the Rhine in this area. Bonn bad fallen a 3d army spearhead was approaching Coblenz a and the 1st army was enlarging its re Mason Bridgehead. Is  intact Remagen Span exploited at once by Andy Rooney. Star and stripes staff writer East of the Rhine March 10here Are the details of the momentous Accident which resulted in Hie establishing of the Allied Bridgehead across the Rhine at Remagen. A 9th Artand div combat command under Brig Gen William Hoge reached the Rhine at Remagen at about 3 30 pm wednesday and ran into the biggest and most Welcome Surprise Germany bound troops could imagine. The Ludendorff � Bridge was intact. Hoge a former Engineer immediately scrapped previous plans and called maj Gen John w. Leonard of 9th army Headquarters. It was decided immediately to push men across and exploit fihe enemy s flight for All it was Worth. A platoon from 2d it Carl Tim Money food left in Bonn Bonn March 13 a German army and nazi officials fled in such confusion before the advancing americans that they forgot 8,000, Marks in Banks and the City treas Ury of this Rhine University City. In fact there was plenty of Money and food in Bonn which was severely damaged but still packed with civilians. Air bursts from German artillery were still breaking today in the City and 20 civilians were killed or wounded in the streets. Military government officers mov ing in behind combat troops found Bonn in much better condition than they expected Aad far better than Aachen. Bonn University where members of the Hohenzollern family and other German aristocrats were educated lies in ruins. The celebrated Library which contained a half million volumes has not been assessed but it is presumed the More valuable books and manuscripts have been removed. Beethoven s Birthplace escaped direct hit although the building has been damaged to some extent Bonn s 12th Century Cathedral is damaged but services Are being  the crypt. Beethoven bust survives raids although Bono was heavily bombed a Marble bust of composer in Dis Van Beethoven stands upright in the room when he we bom a Marble Pedestal of which it rested Lea broken. Siy corps toppers join t t 1 11 i itt i"i1p 11 it a a hum Tutto 70th inf div troops take Saa Brucken by de Lawrence stars and stripes staff writer with 7th army March 20  fell to troops of the 70th inf div today after they made two Saan River Crossings at Hosten Bach West of Bol Tingen and near Alstat just West of Saab Ruben highlighting gains to the Siegfried defences North of the River late today. On the other Side of Saa Brucken the 63d div Tore through almost All the dragon s Teeth barriers of the line and was knocking out pillboxes in its path. Forty second div doughs in the Hardt mountains were breaking through roadblocks and slogging through terrain so Tough that mules were packing in some of the sup plies. They threw Back Small counterattacks for advances of several Kilometres in the Vicinity of Lud �./igswinkel. In the Rhine Valley the 36th div cleared Wisse Bourg and has advanced a half mile North of Ober olt Erbach. Troops i for leave with 9th army feb. 28 is More than 1,000 soldiers from the 9th army Are joining 1,100 1st army troops heading Home during March for 30-Day furloughs and leaves under the new Tousa directive which awards the trips on the basis of tune served overseas. Stars and stripes staff writer with 1st army March s delayed yesterday it was top hats and today it was umbrellas. Somehow the same fad seems to hit doughs All up and Down the line the same Day. About every 50th Man trudging along the roads East of the Hoer yesterday wore a Topper he had picked up from the debris of German houses lying in the streets. Today every 50lh Man seemed to have an umbrella Over his shoulder and walked along with my Slung Over Arm and pack and shovel on Back just As if be weren t the silliest looking Guy in the world. Damn doughs will do anything pfc Edward Anastas a dough him self remarked As he watched three 8th div friends Canter through Falz Heim on big work horses. Each of the three men had a Black ladies umbrella Over his head shielding him from the rain and the last Man in the horse show clutched a Cigar Between his Teeth. Huebner named v corps cd with 1st u. S. Army March 15 maj Gen Clarence a Huebner is now commander of the v corps succeeding it Gen Leonard to.  is commander of Hie new . Army under tire 12th army up. Huebner who joined the army 34 years ago As a Buck private came to his new command from the 1st inf  took command of the 1st to Sicily succeeding maj Gen Terry Allen now leading the 104th inf div German bombard own hospitality spared by yanks bad Godesberg of the Rhine March 14 up this resort City on which the yanks refused to fire because of its 14 hospitals is being shelled strafed and bombed by the germans  the americans approached bad god Eibers which was he scene of the Hitler Chamberlain pre Munich conference a delegation of the town s citizens led by the Swiss Consul went out to a nearby Hill to surrender formally and ask them not to Shell the town because of its hospitals and clinics but now that the germans have been driven to the other Side of the Rhine their or Tillery and planes Are razing the City with Complete disregard for the thousands of Ger Man citizens who have sought ref Uge Here. Glider pickup used to evacuate Hurt by Dan Rega stars and stripes staff writer with . 1st army March 22 a transport plane skimmed Low Over a Landing Atrip on the Remagen Bridgehead today snatched up a glider Load of 12 wounded soldiers and droned into the air again. Nine minutes later the glider delivered the wounded at an evacuation Hospital 50 Miles behind the lines it was the inauguration of glider ambulance service in the Eto for evacuation of casualties. Towed by a c47 transport the first glider piloted by a Howard h. Cloud of Louisville ky., dropped onto the Field at 12 30 pm. Minutes later another c47 came Over the Remagen Field to hot another u Man glider Load. Merman s Able co commanded by 2d it Emmett Burrows moved across first and was followed by Ife companies of a 27th army inf. To commanded by maj Murray Devers. Before dark. Gen Hoge had pushed across every Man and vehicle be could take from the area and by noon the following Day the Roada on the East Side of the Rhine Lead ing from the Bridge area were the Bridge links the Small towns of erred and Remagen just North of Coblenz. It is a three Span steel truss Railroad Structure the East Sid of which runs directly into a Sharp rising Bill where the tracks disappear into a Tunnel. Blasts do slight damage As Burrows platoon approached the Bridge to make the first crossing the doughs More than half expected Itiat it would be blown to Bis under their feet when hey came up the approach a Ger Man Soldier on their Side of the Rhine touched off preset demolition charges which slightly damaged the Span the Jerry was not injured but several other germans in the Middle of the Bridge were killed by the explosions. The Bridge was under Small arms and 20mm fire up to 10 pm wednes Day when engineers from b co of the 9th army engr began Mak ing necessary minor repairs under direction of 1st it John Mitchell of Pittsburgh. They worked All night and before they bad finished their Job three Kaeti were killed by snipers. Devers awards Patch Cluster to dam with the 7th army March i it Gen Alexander m. Patch cd of the 7th army yesterday was awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the distinguished service medal by it Gen Jacob l. Devers 6th army of cd. Patch was cited for direction of the invasion a Southern franc and the speedy liberation of Large areas of French territory. 7 men hold Bridgehead for hours Rhine by de Clark Stan and strip staff writer Remagen March 10 delayed one platoon of armoured infantry men eventually Cut Down to seven men held the brine Bridgehead for the allies during the critical hour of the Remagen Erpel crossing wednesday afternoon and evening. For those several hours they were the Only Allied troops East of the Rhine members of the 2d plat of a co of the 27th army inf. They stayed East of the Rhine while the rest of the company pulled Back to the Western end of the Ludendorff Bridge to reorganize after the initial crossing. They Call it the Battle of to Lac  flak Rill is a sheer chunk of Rock towering several Hundred feet above the Eastern Side of the Rhine at Erpel crossing the Bridge with the rest of the company in the late after no o a the 2d plat stormed the face of flak Hill and Clung to crevices while the germans shot at them and rolled rocks Down on them. They stayed there. And took it in the Back when a Jerry four gun 2 him flak Wagon opened up from the opposite Side of the River. While one by one they were picked off to fail to death or injury on ledges a Hundred feet and More below. Seven were left when they were relieved after dark. They were s sgt Helmer Larson Odin Minn. J it George Kirk Potter town a pfc Forrest Miner Sycamore Kan pvt Ralph Munch Sioux City Iowa sgt Cecil Jarvis Hanson Kan t5 John Azukas Sheboygan we. And 15 Gaccarino Mercadente Brooklyn the rest of the platoon stayed there too. They were dead or wounded. . Casualties listed Washington March 22 aws army and Navy combat casual ties Anoe the beginning of the War have reached s59,587. Assistant Secretary of War Robert p. Patter son reported today. Collapsed Remagen Bridge a in p c s b to hit be s this the the Remagen Bridge across the Rhine just after ii cot lapsed March 17, 1945, spilling into the River mar a Hundred 0.8. Engineers at work on toe