Ten year anniversary of the World War II crossing of the bridge at Remagen / President Dwight Eisenhower meeting with active and former soldiers, all have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross / each man was part of the bridge...

WWII, aerial view of Ludendorff bridge, American troops and tanks crossing the bridge / military map of Rhine River area. WWII, Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 01, 1945 in Remagen, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

WWII, soldiers loading amphibious landing craft into the Rhine River / soldiers watching the skies for German aircraft / Anti-aircraft gun firing on German planes attempting to bomb the bridge. WWII Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March...

WWII, artillery firing at night / dusk, soldiers preparing landing craft, landing craft being loaded into the Rhine River. WWII, Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 01, 1945 in Remagen, Germany (Footage by Getty Images)

WWII, army engineers building pontoon bridge over the Rhine River / trucks and jeeps driving over bridge / wounded men on stretchers being loaded into boats. WWII, Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 01, 1945 in Remagen, Germany...

WWII, ruined building in small town, amphibious landing craft stored on town square / soldiers preparing landing craft with camouflage, playing catch. German pedestrians walking by. WWII, Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 01, 1945 in...

The Apollinariskirche is a church on the site of a Roman temple on the Apollinarisberg, a hill above the German town of Remagen. That hill was known as the Martinsberg in the 5th and 6th centuries, presumably after a Frankish chapel...