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Why America’s heavy tank reached the war so late
The M26 Pershing was built to face Panthers and Tigers, yet it reached Europe only in the final months of World War II. Its ...
World War II “Hero of Cologne” tells story of brotherhood, quick action and 15 days without a shower
Clarence Smoyer, 95, of Allentown, Pa., was a 19-year-old tank gunner on one of the few American Pershing tanks to make it into the European Theater during World War II. His tank crew was like family, ...
BOSTON (AP) — For heroic World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer, the inside of a tank was his home and the crew was his family. In that sense, the 95-year-old veteran returned home Wednesday for the ...
Few civilians understand what it feels like to climb into a military tank and squeeze into the cockpit. Even fewer have had the opportunity to grab ahold of the controls and actually drive one. The ...
The American Heritage Museum, a museum that explores America’s wars from the Revolutionary War to today’s Global War on Terror, is sponsoring a fundraising sweepstakes benefitting the museum. Icons of ...
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