9th Infantry Division Plaque - Remagen (Ludendorff) Bridge
Details:
On the bridge pier wall next to several other plaque; just off the West Bank bike trail Plaque
A brass inscribed plaque attached to the bridge pier.
The plaque remembers the 9th Infantry Division "Old Reliables" participation in the crossing of the Ludendorff (Remagen) bridge which Eisenhower referred to as the "Miracle of Remagen".
Monument Text:
US ARMY
9TH INFANTRY DIVISION
"OLD RELIABLES"
1940-1947
Symbol of the 9th Infantry Division
DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THE 9th INFANTRY DIVISION AND ITS
ATTACHED UNITS, WHO WITH MUCH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION BEGAN CROSSING THE LUDENDORFF BRIDGE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 8TH.
WE HONOR AND REMEMBER THEIR BRAVERY, SUFFERING AND
SUPREME SACRIFICES IN EXPANDING THE REMAGEN BRIDGENEAD.
8-24 MARCH 1945
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 9th INFANTRY DIVISION
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION ARTILLERY
39TH, 47TH, 60TH INFANTRY REGIMENTS
28TH, 34TH, 60TH, 84TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALIONS
15TH ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION, 9TH MEDICAL BATTALION
9TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, 9TH SIGNAL COMPANY,
9TH RECONNAISSANCE TROOP (MECHANIZED), 9TH MILITARY POLICE PLATOON, 9TH BAND, 709TH ORDNANCE LIGHT MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 746TH TANK BATTALION ATTACHED, 899TH TANK DESTROYER BATTALION, 376TH ANTI-AIRCRAFT (AUTOMATIC WEAPONS (ATTACHED)
WW2 CAMPAIGNS OF THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVSIONS
ALGERIA FRENCH MOROCCO - TUNISIA -
- SICILY- NORMANDY - NORTHERN FRANCE -RHINELAND
ARDENNES-ALSACE - CENTRAL EUROPE
PRESENTED TO THE PEACE MUSEUM BRIDGE AT REMAGEN
BY THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE 9TH DIVISION ASSOCIATION ON MARCH 8, 2010
