Following the reunion of the combat veterans, ceremonies were held in this small Rhine town commemorating the Americans' surprise capture of the Ludendorff railroad bridge on March 7, 1945.

The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen was the site of a pivotal moment in WWII. On March 7, 1945, American forces crossed into Germany, making their first breakthrough into the heartland.

Nobody knows. It just didn't explode." American troops scrambled across what remained of the Ludendorff Bridge, backed up by rifle, machine-gun, and tank fire suppressing the German soldiers ...