Must have been located on the opposite side of the Rhine. Own artillery had probably responded to the German guns, which At one point we wereĬaught in an artillery barrage that didn't last too long. Headed toward the downtown section to the cathedral area and I fired sporadically wherever I felt there was a threat, as we As usual our 90mm M26 Pershing was leading. Our tank platoon entered the outskirts of Cologne, followedīy infantry on foot. Have long been aware only of Smoyer's legendary tank marksmanship These memoirs, the product of interviews duringĢ009-2010, offer a new and much broader insight to those who His qualification as a true ace in the destruction of five enemyĪrmored vehicles. Have entitled him to three Purple Hearts, and a chapter listing Also included is a chapter summarizing wounds that should Through the European campaigns, including Paderborn near theĮnd, where many fellow soldiers felt he was deserving of a Silver Loader on an M4 Sherman, and the story then continues forward It then backtracks further to his arrival in Normandy as the To his first assignment to the Pershing and his first test firings. One of the most famous tank scenes of WWII. Smoyer, as the gunner of the newly introduced M26 Pershing tank,ĭestroyed a German MK5 Panther, as captured on movie film in Memoirs start with the tank confrontation in Cologne where Clarence The events described below are not all in time sequence. As told to Vic Damon and Dan Fong of 3AD.com
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