In his new book, "Spearhead: The World War II Odyssey ... the tank opened up in the hull, with its white enamel walls like the turret's and a trio of dome lights. In the bow, the driver and ...

Eagle 7, a World War II tank crew that destroyed a deadly German ... Jim McVey said he his father, the tank driver, never talked much about the war, and he was surprised to learn the details ...

It took nearly 75 years, but World War II ... tank crews in American history, I'm thrilled my office and I were able to assist in properly honoring these American heroes." Bow gunner Homer Davis ...

Inside the park, visitors will find a statue of a small Yorkshire Terrier sitting inside a World War II-era GI helmet ... attack on his LST (landing ship, tank) that day killed the eight men ...

DANBURY - Ken LeLacheur has gained a few pounds too many to fit behind the controls of a tank destroyer like the one in which he spent the last six months of World War II. Almost all of the last ...

Just shy of his 99th birthday, World War II ... tank.” It was an M-4 Sherman — the U.S. Army’s most widely used tank in the war — with a crew that included a commander, gunner, loader ...

During World War II, Earl L. McCorkle from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, was fighting the Germans while trying to cross the Rhine River. But it was during the Battle at Remagen that he lost his helmet.

The iconic helmet worn by veterans of generations past is the M1. It was first developed and mass-produced in 1941, before the United States entered World War II and was the standard helmet all ...