RHINE MANOEUVRES: A 720ft. modified Bailey bridge was placed across the swift-flowing Rhine River by American Army engineers in the record time of 35 minutes during recent combined Franco-America manoeuvres in German. The picture shows a 45-ton M25 crossing a pontoon bridge at oppenhelm during the manoeuvres. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 256 wordsKilled: John William Young, (51), of North Fitzroy, and his wife, Edith Young, were killed when the car in which they were ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 18 Apr 1949, Page 5
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