Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - 14th Tank Battalion yakangoerekana yapinda mubasa rinokosha pakuyambuka Rwizi Rhine apo, musi wa7 March 1945, vakangoerekana vatora zambuko rechitima reLudendorff
paRemagen uye nokudaro vakagadza musoro webhiriji wokutanga weAllied paRhine. A / 14th Company yakatungamira kufambira mberi kuyambuka zambuko uye yakagadzira nzvimbo dzekurwira kudivi rekumabvazuva, ichidzosera maGerman akawanda ekupokana neanopfeka zvombo uye vafambi. Pashure pemazuva gumi ekurwisa kurwisa kwevavengi nechisimba chepasi, mhepo uye mvura, Ludendorff Bridge yakundikana; zvisinei, panguva ino, mabhiriji maviri emamwe mabhiriji akanga avakwa uye musoro webhiriji wakasimbiswa, uchibvumira kufamba kusina kudziviswa kwemauto eU.S. kupinda muGermany. Nokuda kwezviito zvavo mukubatsira kutora uye kubata bhiriji rechitima uye kugadzira yekutanga Allied bridgehead pamusoro peRhine, Captain George P. Soumas, First Lieutenant C. Windsor Miller, Sergeant William J. Goodson, uye First Lieutenant John Grimball vakapihwa Distinguished Service Cross. Bhatani rose rakapiwa mubairo waro wechipiri wePresidential Unit Citation.