WIESBADEN, Germany -- On the evening of March 24, 1945, Soldiers from the 87th Infantry Division of General George S. Patton's Third U.S. Army began crossing the Rhine River at Boppard, Germany, through heavy smoke and enemy fire as part of their push forward from France into western Germany during World War II. Eighty years later, the German school that stands next to the crossing site marked the occasion by inviting a U.S. Army Soldier to be their guest and speak to the students.
Staff Sgt. Ethen O’Dell, with the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Military Police, spoke about living as an American in Germany and the role of U.S. Army in Europe to a group of 80 upper-level high school students on March 26, at the Kant-Gymnasium in...
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