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First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy

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Call NumberTMD-611CreatorUnited States. Army. Signal CorpsDate1945 April 25SummaryMajor General Willis D. Crittenberger and other high ranking officers watch the 5th Army, 1554th Engineering Heavy Ponton Battalion complete the first ponton bridge (an M-2 Treadway pontoon bridge) built across the Po River at San Benedetto Po (Mantova Province), Italy. Soldiers sit in a jeep on the bridge, others walk on the bridge and some use ropes to maneuver a rubber ponton into place.Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWorld War, 1939-1945--Engineering & construction--Italy--San Benedetto PoSan Benedetto Po (Italy)Bridge construction--Italy--San Benedetto PoMilitary occupations--American--Italy--San Benedetto PoPontoon Bridges--Italy--San Benedetto PoSoldiers--American--Italy--San Benedetto PoUnited States. Army. Army, 5thUnited States. Army. Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion, 1554thUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10thGeographic AreaItalyCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700200611Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromU.S. Army photograph.Original Material Found in Collection10th Mountain Division Resource Center CollectionNotesCopy print from borrowed General George Price Hays scrapbook. Formerly F43838; Printed on verso: "Maj. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger, CG, IV Corps, with other high ranking officers, watches engineers complete the first American ponton bridge across the Po River at San Benedetto, Italy. 1554th Eng. Heavy Ponton Bn., Fifth Army," and "RESTRICTED -- Signal Corps Photo #5/mm-45-7610 (Craning). Orig. neg. rec'd from Allied Force Hdqrs. Signal Corps Photo Sect., May 1945. Released by BPR, Auth. #1, 5/25/45. 4 x 5 orig. neg. Lot 11257, pcg."; Title supplied. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7002006117

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First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy