90th Infantry Divison Pic of the Week: Moselle River, France.

I trust everyone had a wonderful weekend, full of baseball, backyard barbecues and maybe even a few cold ones.  Monday morning means time for the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week.

We’ve seen a lot this spring and summer on the tragic flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who have suffered. The coverage has put me in mind of the flooded Moselle during World War II.  The 90th Infantry Division spanned the rain-swollen river in early November 1944, but not without difficulty.

Row - Row - Row - Your ... Plane? A group of 90th Infantry Division soldiers attempt to paddle a stranded, but still afloat, piper cub to shore on the flooded Moselle River - November 1944. (U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo, Courtesy National Archives)

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