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The Resource Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos

Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos

Creator
Author
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 393 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
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
Isbn
9780804176729
Link
http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/memoirs.pages/smoyer.htm
Instance
Label
Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II
Title
Spearhead
Title remainder
an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II
Statement of responsibility
Adam Makos
Title variation
  • World War II odyssey of an American tank gunner
  • American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Makos, Adam
Dewey number
  • 940.54/1273092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
D769.3055 32nd
LC item number
.M34 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Smoyer, Clarence
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Tank crews
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • M26 (Tank)
  • Panther (Tank)
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Armed Forces
  • M26 (Tank)
  • Military campaigns
  • Panther (Tank)
  • Regimental histories
  • Tank crews
  • Tank warfare
  • Germany
  • Germany
  • United States
  • Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Label
Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos
Link
http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/memoirs.pages/smoyer.htm
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
on1051778382
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 393 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780804176729
Lccn
2018039460
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1051778382
Label
Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos
Link
http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/memoirs.pages/smoyer.htm
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
on1051778382
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 393 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780804176729
Lccn
2018039460
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1051778382

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