150th Combat Engineers Bridging the Rhine River

First Bridge, looking West. Co. B.
First Bridge, looking east.
Assembly Area, where the bridge pontons were put together before floating them into place.
March 22, 1945
Second Bridge built by the 150th across the Rhine.
Another picture of the Second Bridge of the 150th's, crossing the Rhine River.

Crossing the Rhine River under fire, smoke is from our smoke screen to protect us from artillery fire.


1st squad CO A on bank of Rhine River. Smoke screen pots in river to cover our work parties building a ponton bridge. It was one of the longest ever built. We needed all the trucks available to carry the inflated pontons from the assembly area to the Rhine River under cover of darkness. We used the Black division and all of their trucks. Glad it was at night because the German 88s were shelling the area... When the shells got to close the drivers stopped and all ran for the ditches for cover. We lost a bunch of trucks that night.
1st squad A Co in Navy landing craft crossing the Rhine River into Germany.
Picture taken looking into Navy landing craft crossing the Rhine taking supplies across the Rhine to our men.