02085cam a2200373 i 4500 371288163 TxGeo 20190228120000.0 180904s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018039460 9780804176729 hbk. 0804176728 hbk. (OCoLC)1051778382 TxGeo rda Makos, Adam. Spearhead : 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, NY : Ballantine Books, 2019. xiii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-381) and index. "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. 20200904. United States Army Officers Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front. World War, 1939-1945 Germany Tank warfare. World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States. United States Armed Forces Biography. United States Biography. QS5