You might have seen the famous footage of a Pershing tank dueling a Panther in front of Cologne Cathedral… and wondered how ...

WASHINGTON — When 96-year-old Clarence Smoyer came to Washington, he thought he was heading to the Pentagon to sign copies of a book detailing his exploits as a World War II tank gunner. Instead, he ...

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In March 1945, as Allied forces pushed into Cologne, a lone German Panther tank took position near the city’s cathedral and chose to stand its ground. With the city collapsing around them, the crew ...