World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer, renowned for his courage and deadly aim during the battle for Germany’s “Fortress City” of Cologne, died Friday at his home in Allentown. He was 99. “So many ...
DUMFRIES, Va. — A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima, rekindling his memory of one of the fiercest ...
As Allied troops reached Cologne in March 1945, a lone German Panther held its ground beneath the city’s cathedral. With the city collapsing around them, the crew chose to fight rather than flee. The ...
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