Three jeeps and a dozen men of the Third Division are ferried across the Rhine River by 540th Engineers on March 26, 1945 as two pontoon bridges are being constructed near Worms and Bobenheim.

Ferried across the Rhine 

Third Division men and jeeps are ferried across the Rhine River by 540th Engineers on March 26, 1945.The 540th Engineer Combat Group operated two heavy pontoon rafts and two infantry support rafts on the Rhine River on March 26, 1945 between Bobenheim and Worms under heavy chemical fog.(rudeerude)

In the spring of 1943, the 82nd All Americans became the first airborne division sent overseas. They left via troop ships from New England and landed in Casablanca, North Africa on May 10, 1943. From there, they moved by rail to Oujda and then by truck to Kairouan, Tunisia. That would be their departure point for the Division's first combat drop, the invasion of Sicily-Operation Husky.(rudeerude)