Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 7 ga Maris, 1945, yayin Operation Lumberjack, don share yankin yammacin Rhine na sojojin Jamus, Kwamandan Yaki na B na 9th Armored Division ya isa garin Remagen. Sun yi mamakin gano cewa
Ludendorff gada ta hanyar jirgin kasa a kan kogin Rhine ba ta lalace ba. Wani mutum uku daga 2nd Platoon, B Company - Lieutenant Hugh Mott, Staff Sergeant John Reynolds, da Sergeant Eugene Dorland - sun bi rukunin farko na A / 27th AIB don rage sauran abubuwan fashewa bayan ƙoƙarin da Jamus ta yi na lalata gadar. Da yake wucewa tare da abubuwa masu jagora, Dorland ya hallaka babban akwatin gyaran gyare-gyare a kan tudu. Sauran B Company, 9th Engineers ya bi tare da sauran A / 27th AIB, ganowa da kuma kawar da karin fashewa a kan gada. Bayan da aka fara samun tsaro, Lt. Mott ya jagoranci kamfanin B a cikin gyaran gada wanda ya ba da damar tankuna na farko na Sherman tara su yi amfani da gada a 2200 kuma su fara tabbatar da gadar.