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Elbe River at Bleckede, Germany, 1945: Para-infantrymen of 82nd Airborne Division, with the British 2nd…
Elbe River at Bleckede, Germany, 04/30/1945
SC 205607Field no. ETO-HQ-45-34862RG 111
Original caption
Para-infantrymen of 82nd Airborne Division, with the British 2nd Army, cross Elbe River in buffalo. They crossed at Bleckede, Germany, on April 30, 1945, the last water barrier between airborne soldiers and Berlin. Co I, 505th Par. Inf. Regt., XVIII AB Corps. 4/30/45.
- Date
- 04/30/1945
- Place
- Elbe River at Bleckede, Germany · approximate position
- Photographer
- Jack Clemmer
- Units
- 82nd Airborne Division
- SC number
- 205607
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-45-34862
- Album
- 82nd Airborne Division
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
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