Helen Patton, left, the granddaughter of U.S. Army Gen. George Patton and Catherine Rommel, center, the granddaughter of German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, speak to Robert Shelado, right, a World War II veteran who was present for the crossing of the Rhine River at Nierstein, Germany, Saturday, March 24, 2017 in Nierstein Germany. Americans and Germans gathered for the dedication ceremony for a monument to the 249th Engineer Combat Battalion’s efforts at the end of World War II, building a bridge across the river near Nierstein during an operation that helped shorten the war.
170324-A-RO653-007.JPG Photo By: Lt. Col. Jefferson Wolfe

NIERSTEIN, Germany - Helen Patton, left, the granddaughter of U.S. Army Gen. George Patton and Catherine Rommel, center, the granddaughter of German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, speak to Robert Shelado, right, a World War II veteran who was present for the crossing of the Rhine River at Nierstein, Germany, Saturday, March 24, 2017 in Nierstein Germany. Americans and Germans gathered for the dedication ceremony for a monument to the 249th Engineer Combat Battalion’s efforts at the end of World War II, building a bridge across the river near Nierstein during an operation that helped shorten the war.


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