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]
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Edition	First edition.
Description	xiii, 393 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page [349]-381) 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.
Contents	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.
Subject	Smoyer, Clarence, 1923-
	United States. Army. Armored Regiment, 32nd -- Biography.
	United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
	United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	Tank crews -- 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.
	Armed Forces -- Officers. (OCoLC)fst00814617
	M26 (Tank) (OCoLC)fst01004463
	Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
	Panther (Tank) (OCoLC)fst01052228
	Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
	Tank crews. (OCoLC)fst01142687
	Tank warfare. (OCoLC)fst01142710
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
	Germany -- Cologne. (OCoLC)fst01208521
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Western Front (World War (1939-1945)) (OCoLC)fst01900004
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	Biography.
	Biography.
	History.
	Biographies.
Added Title	World War II odyssey of an American tank gunner
	American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II
ISBN	9780804176729 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0804176728 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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