Ninth U.S. Army takes 1,400 prisoners, first day of new drive. Infantrymen of the 102nd Division, Ninth U.S.

Ninth U.S. Army takes 1,400 prisoners, first day of new drive. Infantrymen of the 102nd Division, Ninth U.S. Army, guard Nazi prisoners captured when the Ninth launched an offensive February 23, 1945, driving across the Roer River into the Cologne plain. The Americans took 1,400 Germans as they stormed 15 villages alang a 22-mile front during the first 24 hours of the big attack.