A U.S. Army M4 Sherman tank drives through the Aachen-Rothe Erde train station, Germany, in October 1944. Original caption: "The first U.S. tank to enter Aachen, Germany, rumbles through a hole opened in the railroad station by a tank-dozer. As the tanks, tank-destroyers and other heavy armament awaited the termination of a bombardment by 9th AF dive-bombers before entering Aachen, the Germans blew up a viaduct on the main avenue leading into the town."