In March 1945, a rare combat encounter unfolded in the streets of Cologne as an American M26 Pershing engaged a German ...
In the final months of World War II, German tank crews encountered an American weapon they had never been warned about. This film follows the arrival of the M26 Pershing and the German armored crews ...
Army veteran Clarence Smoyer, the ‘Hero of Cologne’ who helped take the town of Cologne, Germany in March 1945 as tank gunner with the famous ‘Eagle 7’ M26 Pershing tank crew, finally received the ...
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, ...
Over the radio, the five-man Pershing tank crew from Company E, 32nd Armored Regiment, consisting of Smoyer, Davis, DeRiggi, McVey, and Staff Sgt. Robert Earley, the tank's commander, heard their call ...
Clarence Smoyer was feted in Colorado Springs on Monday as one of the last heroes left from World War II. But the 3rd Armored Division tank gunner came to town to honor the photographer who made him a ...