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Author Makos, Adam, author.

Title Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II / Adam Makos.

Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books, [2019]
©2019
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1955387~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  940.541273 MAK    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  940.541273 MAK    AVAILABLE
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Description xiii, 393 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "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."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Smoyer, Clarence, 1923-
United States. Army. Armored Regiment, 32nd -- Biography.
United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
Tank crews -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Tank warfare.
M26 (Tank) -- History.
Panther (Tank) -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Cologne.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9780804176729
0804176728
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