![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 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.
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