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Story summary
- An unidentified soldier in a famous World War II photograph is Charles Theodore Plog of Poughkeepsie, New York.
- The photo, taken March 26, 1945, shows Plog near two U.S. soldiers on the Nibelungenbrucke Bridge in Worms, Germany.
- Karen Cox, living in Worms, and Joseph van Meesen confirmed Plog's identity using military records.
- Plog, a Private-First-Class, was killed on March 20 or 21 and buried in France before moving to Poughkeepsie.
