02643cam a2200445 i 4500 372177876 TxAuBib 20190312120000.0 180904s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018039460 9780804176729 0804176728 (OCoLC)1051778382 TxAuBib rda Makos, Adam. Spearhead [BOOK] : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II / Adam Makos. American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2019] ©2019. xiii, 393 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-381) and index. The gentle giant -- Baptism -- "Bubi" -- The fields -- The foray -- Beyond the wall -- Respite -- The fourth tank -- Hope -- Something bigger -- America's tiger -- Two miles -- Hunting -- The fire department of the west -- Going first -- Victory or Siberia -- The monster -- The conquerors -- The breakout -- The American blitz -- The fatherless -- Family -- Come out and fight -- The giant -- Getting home -- The last battle. Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency. His fight would climax in Cologne, in the shadow of the great cathedral, where he took a shot immortalized by a chance photograph--and where he would later forge a friendship with the German tanker he tragically dueled soon after. 20190312. Smoyer, Clarence, 1923- United States Army Armored Regiment, 32nd. United States Army Officers Biography. Tank crews. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front. World War, 1939-1945 Germany Tank warfare. World War, 1939-1945 Germany. World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States. M26 (Tank.) Panther (Tank.) http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/memoirs.pages/smoyer.htm