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Courthouses, City Halls. Remagen, Germany, June 16, 1978. Rathaus photo. Site of 'The Remagen Bridge' where Major Murray Deevers commanded capture of this strategic bridge across the Rhine River, a major breakthrough by American forces on their route to Berlin in World War II. In photo: Ed Blake, a boyhood friend of Murray Deevers, presents American data on the bridge capture to German Mayor Hans Peter Kurten in Remagen city hall, for a museum in one of the remaining bridge towers. Looking on is Hella Heydecke, interpreter and aide to the mayor. Photo made by a German aide." Ed Blake in group photograph.
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Courthouses, City Halls. Remagen, Germany, June 16, 1978. Rathaus photo. Site of 'The Remagen Bridge' where Major Murray Deevers commanded capture of this strategic bridge across the Rhine River, a major breakthrough by American forces on their route to Berlin in World War II. In photo: Ed Blake, a boyhood friend of Murray Deevers, presents American data on the bridge capture to German Mayor Hans Peter Kurten in Remagen city hall, for a museum in one of the remaining bridge towers. Looking on is Hella Heydecke, interpreter and aide to the mayor. Photo made by a German aide." Ed Blake in group photograph.
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- Item: 279
- Description: Courthouses, City Halls. Remagen, Germany, June 16, 1978. Rathaus photo. Site of 'The Remagen Bridge' where Major Murray Deevers commanded capture of this strategic bridge across the Rhine River, a major breakthrough by American forces on their route to Berlin in World War II. In photo: Ed Blake, a boyhood friend of Murray Deevers, presents American data on the bridge capture to German Mayor Hans Peter Kurten in Remagen city hall, for a museum in one of the remaining bridge towers. Looking on is Hella Heydecke, interpreter and aide to the mayor. Photo made by a German aide." Ed Blake in group photograph.
- Date: 1978-06-16
- Call Number: PI/2014.0007/Series I
- Filename: 124210-photo.tif