Central Reich Threatened by Drive on Remagen Bridge
Allied forces push across the Rhine as the First and Third Armies link up near Remagen trapping thousands of German troops. Bonn falls as American bridgehead expands five miles deep and ten miles wide with heavy fighting continuing along the Rhine front.
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Associated Press
U. S
First Army
Rhine
Germany
Third Army
Remagen
Ludendorf F
11Th Armored
Brehl
Andernach
Eifel
First
U. S. First Army
Bonn
Cologne
Blue Network
George Hicks
Kassel
Eleventh Armored
Patton
Hodges
Broh
Rhine West Bank
Ossenberg
Brohl
Andernech
Druses
Supreme Headquarters
U. S. 15Th
Leonard T. Gerow
15Th
Eisenhower
U. S. Third Army
Coblenz
Eifels
Moselle
Wesel
Xanten
Reich
Ruhr
Middle Rhine
U. S. Ninth Army
Ludendorff
John W. Leonard
Ninth Armored
Euskirchen
Ling
Bretheven
Harvard
Ninth Armored Division seizes bridge in Rhine dash
Maj. Murray Deevers led the 27th Armored Infantry task force in a bold river crossing from the Roer to the Rhine. Observers call the move a classic, gambled success born of quick thinking amid enemy blunders. The force imprisoned over 1,000 prisoners and destroyed many enemy units while advancing under fire.
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Ninth Armored
Roer
Rhine
Murray Deevers
27Th Armored Infantry
Euskirchen
Hoge
Rhine Find Becomes Burrows Family Triumph At Rhine Crossing
Manhattan shipping clerk and wife Mrs Burrows were overjoyed when he located the Rhine for the first time after nine months overseas. Allied troops near Remagen reported German efforts to blow the bridge but U S forces established control. Capt Caswell arranged a smoke screen as fighters attacked the span. Germans bombed unsuccessfully. American forces advanced, taking prisoners and securing the east bank.
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Manhattan
Pearl Harbor
Charles Gillett
Newport
Charles A. Caswell
Kanapolis
Kan
Messerschmitt
Allied bridgehead on Rhine crossed by American forces
Reports detail Lt Emmet J Burrows leading troops across the Rhine bridge amid explosions as Ninth Armored Division tanks advanced. Lt Karl Timmerman and Lt John Mitchell helped secure the crossing and disconnect explosive wires. Engineers began repairs while German resistance limited to scattered shelling.
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26Th Armored Infantry
Karl Timmerman
West Point
Neb
East Bank
John Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Ohio Butcher Boy Named Hero at Remagen Bridge
March 9 report credits Holland Ohio native Set. Alexander A. Drabik with being first American to step on the east bank of the Rhine and leading a rifle advance that secured Remagen Bridge for the U S First Army. Maj. Gen. William M. Hoge praised his actions as pivotal to establishing the bridgehead.
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Rhine
Holland
Ohio
Remagen
U. S. First Army
Alexander A. Drabik
Emmet Burrows
Jersey City
Remagen Bridge
William M. Hoge
Lexington
Drabik
Hoge
Germany orders all men 16 to 62 to register for defense
Nazi Germany decreed every male aged 16 to 62 must register with military authorities for active defense under penalty of desertion. The measure aims to scrape manpower, locate deserters, and call back lost soldiers as allied forces push into German territory.
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London
Germany
Reich
DNB
U Boat Warfare Shows Increase
The March 9 Anglo American statement reports February saw a moderate sinking of Allied merchant ships by German U boats while anti submarine forces destroyed more underwater raiders than in January. No specific losses or submarine destruction figures are disclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
March 20 Look Magazine Banned in Washington
In Washington on March 9 a suppression order bans the March 20 issue of Look Magazine from all newsstands due to three photographs depicting nearly nude women.
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Washington
Look Magazine
Weather brief for Amarillo and West Texas
Saturday and Saturday night partly cloudy with little temperature change. Sunday remains partly cloudy in West Texas with minimal temperature shifts. Ww J Morris Insurance dial 4414.
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Amarillo
West Texas
300 B 29s Leave Tokyo Blazing O
Allied air command reports more than 300 B 29 Superfortresses bombed Tokyo in a night raid from Saipan and Tinian. fires spread across central industrial districts as crews guided by clear weather achieved a large incendiary strike the largest yet on the Japanese capital and the first major night attack.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
America
Tokyo
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Curts le May
Beenber
le May
Marines Grind Iwo Jima Rock by Rock in Tough Drive
American Marines fought bitter resistance on Iwo Jima as Fifth day of invasion began. Fourth Third and Fifth Marine divisions stretched across the line from east to west with tanks aiding in clearing pillboxes and caves while naval gunfire and carrier aircraft supported the assault. Flames and hand to hand combat were used to dislodge stubborn Japanese positions along the rugged terrain.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Allied forces wipe out divisions and tanks since D-Day
Fragmentary wartime note reports Allied forces erasing 58 divisions and destroying 4 000 tanks since D-Day. The text is garbled with mis-spellings and nonsensical phrases but references a supreme expeditionary force and mentions heavy Allied losses and victories.
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