The 9th Armored Division is recognized as one of the 36 liberating units of the US Army during World War II. On May 8, 1945, troops of the 9th and 1st Infantry Divisions liberated two subcamps of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.
![The sign erected by the 9th Armored division on the Ludendorff bridge after its capture. [LCID: sc251]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/82bc2f3a-e428-4574-8972-e2a4d31f6a0e.jpg "The sign erected by the 9th Armored division on the Ludendorff bridge after its capture. [LCID: sc251]")
The sign erected by the 9th Armored division on the Ludendorff bridge after its capture. March 11, 1945. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by W. Spangle.
Item View![The commanding general of the 9th Armored Division (third from right), and members of the division who won the Distinguished Service ... [LCID: sc250]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/689eacc0-ade6-4a83-9d3f-b87fa617cdeb.jpg "The commanding general of the 9th Armored Division (third from right), and members of the division who won the Distinguished Service ... [LCID: sc250]")
The commanding general of the 9th Armored Division (third from right), and members of the division who won the Distinguished Service Cross pose with the sign placed on the Ludendorff Bridge after its capture. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by W. Spangle on September 18, 1945, several months after the bridge was captured.
Item View![Members of the US 9th Armored Division meet up with Soviet units near Linz, Austria. [LCID: 69838a]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0cd362e0-ea72-4095-81c6-0c4784dbad52.jpg "Members of the US 9th Armored Division meet up with Soviet units near Linz, Austria. [LCID: 69838a]")
Members of the US 9th Armored Division meet up with Soviet units near Linz, Austria. This photograph was taken by US Army Signal Corps photographer Arnold E. Samuelson. Austria, May 2, 1945.
Item View![Members of the US 9th Armored Division meet up with Soviet units near Linz, Austria. [LCID: 69846]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/1174931e-87c8-40b8-880b-0baf2b81c0e3.jpg "Members of the US 9th Armored Division meet up with Soviet units near Linz, Austria. [LCID: 69846]")
Members of the US 9th Armored Division meet up with Soviet units near Linz, Austria. This photograph was taken by US Army Signal Corps photographer Arnold E. Samuelson. Austria, May 2, 1945.
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