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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heavymetal, post: 25841892, member: 96124&quot;][ATTACH=full]1647596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1647597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1647598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1647599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1647600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1647601[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1647602[/ATTACH] In Dec 1944 my father was in Belgium for a brief visit with the 9th Armored Division, 4th Army. Seems the German Army wanted the same little piece of land. Result was the Battle of the Bulge.</p><p>After that was dealt with, the 9th Armored rolled on toward Germany itself, liberating towns along the way.</p><p>At the Rhine River they captured the Remagen Bridge. My father was almost the first across the bridge but the machine gun he carried slowed him down. The Lieutenant carrying a 45 got across first but the men all told the story.</p><p>This steel Belgian coin was brought back by my father. US mint from leftover 1943 steel US cents.</p><p><a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-9th-armored-division" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-9th-armored-division" rel="nofollow">https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-9th-armored-division</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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