In March 1945, as American forces fought their way into Cologne, a newly deployed Pershing tank entered combat in the shattered city streets. Hidden among the ruins, a German Panther waited for the ...
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 ...