Well we head back to the Inn at Aywaille and drive and drive and drive from Aywaille through Bastogne to Remagen, Germany and points beyond as the day progresses.
One of Dads missions was to protect the bridges near Remagen, he claims it was Remagen itself but the platoon protected a large swath of bridges including those to the Southeast on the Ahr River surrounding the Remagen Rhine area. All these passages were important to support the later swift movements across the Rhine perhaps shortening the war by weeks. They would basic dig foxholes for the M15 and M16 halftracks on the banks or hills over the river in order to provide AAA protection for the bridges.
This is a photo of an M15 in action along a river bank.
Of course we had seen the old movie “Bridge at Remagen” but couldn’t remember the details.
So here we were and of course and we wanted to walk across that damn Remagen bridge that had been captured and saved. John’s looking around and making me circle back and forth in the car and he asking people where the Remagen Bridge is? They keep pointing and giving directions.
Well the Remagen bridge from 1944 no longer exists! As it collapsed several weeks after being captured by the Allies killing many.
See the following for the interesting related stories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remagen#The_Bridge_at_Remagen
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