Bill Gentry on a "piss call" during a convoy
Crossing the Siegfied Line on the way into Germany
Milt O'Barr and captured German 88 artillery
Tommy Ammons inside captured German gun emplacement
Bill Gentry in Worms, Germany awaiting mess call
Backus and Ammons break for lunch
Double ponton load ready to bridge the Rhine
Nibelungen tower and the Ernst Ludwig Bridge at Worms as it appeared pre-war
The 85th's bridge site as it appears today
A ponton drifts down current during construction
Ponton raft
Ponton raft with tank
Ruins of the old bridge at Worms
3/26/45 bridge construction began at Worms
Sign marking indicating the name of the bridge
3040 vehicles crossed in the first 24 hours
Artillary crosses the Rhine
Tank crosses the Rhine
German troops surrender crossing the bridge
Guarding the bridge
Careful watch for the Luftwaffe
Skulski at the base of the Ernst Ludwig Bridge Nibelungs tower
Rare color photo of the Alexander Patch ponton bridge
The bridge at Worms as it appears today
The Nibelung Towers adorn each end of the bridge
Document awarding the Purple Heart
General Patch's letter commending the 85th
Photos from a captured German photo album
Faces of the enemy
German vehicle photo from the album
The Gar Davidson Bridge across the Rhine at Mannheim
French soldiers at the Rhine
Heavy ponton anchor
Staying warm while guarding the Gar-Davidson
Armor crosses the Gar
Sign naming the bridge
3823 vehicles cross in the first 24 hrs
View from a Mack truck window
Bridge approach at Mannheim
Inspecting the bridge
Bill Gentry on the Rhine
Pontoon treadway bridge also built at Mannheim
Guarding the Gar bridge
View from a Mack truck
The old bridge destroyed by a retreating enemy at Mannheim
War's destruction
The 85th pulls to the side of the road to allow Patton to pass
The Danube is bridged 4/26/45
Morning Report on a wounding at the Danube
The Danube bridge
German prisoners cross the Rhine
More POW's
Bivouac at Salzburg
Bill Gentry with carbine ready due to post war snipers
Hitler's bomb damaged residence at Berchtesgaden
The journey home on the autobahn
Convoy home
Mechanical problems on the autobahn
A more relaxed time at war's end
Duffle bags packed for home