U.S. Navy Crosses the Rhine
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
U.S. Navy Crosses the Rhine
March 24, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 48600 RELEASED: MARCH 24, 1945/
U.S. NAVY CROSSES THE RHINE!/
For the first time in history, the U.S.Navy participates in a European/ continental river crossing as American bluejackets, garbed in Army khaki/ for the occasion, man landing craft which transported soldiers across the/ Rhine on March 24, 1945. Behind the master amphibious stroke were long/ hours of planning and preparation. Taken during the preliminary operations,/ these are the first of a series of photographs of the Navy's "Drang Nach Osten."/
LCVP's (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) roll up the narrow streets of a/ Belgian village en route to the Rhine./
WATCH YOUR [illegible]/
"OFFICIAL U.S. [illegible]/
The Navy Department has no objection to [illegible]/
advertisements, provided copy and lay[illegible]/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC [illegible]/
WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a Dictrict Public Information Office. However, it has no/
power to waive the privacy rights of the [illegible]
U.S. NAVY CROSSES THE RHINE!/
For the first time in history, the U.S.Navy participates in a European/ continental river crossing as American bluejackets, garbed in Army khaki/ for the occasion, man landing craft which transported soldiers across the/ Rhine on March 24, 1945. Behind the master amphibious stroke were long/ hours of planning and preparation. Taken during the preliminary operations,/ these are the first of a series of photographs of the Navy's "Drang Nach Osten."/
LCVP's (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) roll up the narrow streets of a/ Belgian village en route to the Rhine./
WATCH YOUR [illegible]/
"OFFICIAL U.S. [illegible]/
The Navy Department has no objection to [illegible]/
advertisements, provided copy and lay[illegible]/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC [illegible]/
WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a Dictrict Public Information Office. However, it has no/
power to waive the privacy rights of the [illegible]
