Key Points and Summary - The M26 Pershing, though often overshadowed by the M4 Sherman, was a pivotal American tank developed late in World War II to counter Germany's formidable Panther and Tiger ...

A U.S. Army World War II Sherman tank, similar to one being made available to drive as part of a unique initiative, sits on the hillside outside in Belgium. (Virginia Mayo/AP) Christmas has come early ...

BOSTON (AP) — For heroic World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer, the inside of a tank was his home and the crew was his family. In that sense, the 95-year-old veteran returned home Wednesday for the ...

Clarence Smoyer, 95, of Allentown, Pa., was a 19-year-old tank gunner on one of the few American Pershing tanks to make it into the European Theater during World War II. His tank crew was like family, ...

In the final weeks of World War II, the only Super Pershing sent to Europe entered combat near Dessau. Outfitted with improvised armor and a powerful 90mm gun, the American crew encountered a German ...

Few civilians understand what it feels like to climb into a military tank and squeeze into the cockpit. Even fewer have had the opportunity to grab ahold of the controls and actually drive one. The ...

Army veteran Clarence Smoyer, the ‘Hero of Cologne’ who helped take the town of Cologne, Germany in March 1945 as tank gunner with the famous ‘Eagle 7’ M26 Pershing tank crew, finally received the ...

The American Heritage Museum, a museum that explores America’s wars from the Revolutionary War to today’s Global War on Terror, is sponsoring a fundraising sweepstakes benefitting the museum. Icons of ...