C-885 - L-R: Albert Boettner, Bronx, N.Y., assistant to diver; Michael Obrine, diver; E. L. Kennedy, Jackson, Miss., assistant to diver.
These men are members of the 1058th Port Construction Company engaged in repairing a railway bridge destroyed by the F.F.I. to prevent the Germans from retreating. Two locomotives were steamed up by the local F.F.I. and sent careening down the track into the river. This prevented the Germans from obtaining rolling stock. The bridge is located near Aachen, Germany. March, 1945.
Photographer not credited.
Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.
C-885 - L-R: Albert Boettner, Bronx, N.Y., assistant to diver; Michael Obrine, diver; E. L. Kennedy, Jackson, Miss., assistant to diver.
These men are members of the 1058th Port Construction Company engaged in repairing a railway bridge destroyed by the F.F.I. to prevent the Germans from retreating. Two locomotives were steamed up by the local F.F.I. and sent careening down the track into the river. This prevented the Germans from obtaining rolling stock. The bridge is located near Aachen, Germany. March, 1945.
Photographer not credited.
Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.