Title
US tank ferry sunk in Main during manoeuvre
Caption
An US soldier wades through the mud at the riverbanks of the Main near Klein-Ostheim in Hesse on the 9th of November in 1961.
The American soldiers try to recover a ferry, which had sunk in the river Main.
The ferry, loaded with two heavy tanks and an armoured personnel carrier, had sunk during heavy rainfall. A soldier of the ferry crew drowned.
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Date
09 nov. 1961
Credit line
Photo12/dpa-pa
Reference
DPA13A03_408
License type
Droits gérés
Available size
62,0Mo (3,1Mo) / 34,8cm x 44,6cm / 4113 x 5267 (300dpi)