Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na Machị 7th, 1945, n'oge Operation Lumberjack, iji kpochapụ mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ nke Rhine nke ndị agha German, Combat Command B nke 9th Armored Division rutere n'obodo Remagen. O juru ha anya ịchọpụta na àkwà mmiri okporo ígwè Ludendorff
n'elu osimiri Rhine adịghị emebi emebi. Ndị mmadụ atọ sitere na 2nd Platoon, B Company - Lieutenant Hugh Mott, Staff Sergeant John Reynolds, na Sergeant Eugene Dorland - so ndị otu nke mbụ nke A / 27th AIB iji belata ihe mgbawa ndị fọdụrụ mgbe mbọ ndị German na-emezughị iji bibie àkwà mmiri ahụ. Site n'iji ihe ndị e ji edu ndú mee ihe, Dorland mebiri isi ihe nkedo na-emebi ihe n'akụkụ mmiri dị anya. Ndị fọdụrụ na B Company, 9th Engineers sochiri ndị fọdụrụ na A/27th AIB, na-achọta ma na-egbochi ihe ndị ọzọ na-agbawa agbawa n'àkwà mmiri. Mgbe a chekwachara ụzọ ahụ na mbụ, Lt. Mott duziri B Company n'ịrụzigharị àkwà mmiri ahụ ngwa ngwa nke mere ka tankị Sherman itoolu mbụ jiri nwayọ gafee àkwà mmiri ahụ na 2200 wee bido idobe isi mmiri ahụ.