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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

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Summary
When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner's seat of his Sherman tank, his crewmates discover that the gentle giant from Pennsylvania has a hidden talent: He's a natural-born shooter. At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored Division -- "Spearhead" -- thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: The lead tank always gets hit. After Clarence sees his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, he and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art "super tank, " one of twenty in the European theater. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: Now they will spearhead every attack. That's how Clarence, the corporal from coal country, finds himself leading the U.S. Army into its largest urban battle of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the "Fortress City" of Germany. Battling through the ruins, Clarence will engage the fearsome Panther in a duel immortalized by an army cameraman. And he will square off with Gustav Schaefer, a teenager behind the trigger in a Panzer IV tank, whose crew has been sent on a suicide mission to stop the Americans. As Clarence and Gustav trade fire down a long boulevard, they are taken by surprise by a tragic mistake of war. What happens next will haunt Clarence to the modern day, drawing him back to Cologne to do the unthinkable: to face his enemy, one last time
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
  • The giant
  • The duel
  • Getting home
  • The last battle
Isbn
9780804176729
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
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner's seat of his Sherman tank, his crewmates discover that the gentle giant from Pennsylvania has a hidden talent: He's a natural-born shooter. At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored Division -- "Spearhead" -- thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: The lead tank always gets hit. After Clarence sees his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, he and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art "super tank, " one of twenty in the European theater. But with it comes a harrowing new responsibility: Now they will spearhead every attack. That's how Clarence, the corporal from coal country, finds himself leading the U.S. Army into its largest urban battle of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the "Fortress City" of Germany. Battling through the ruins, Clarence will engage the fearsome Panther in a duel immortalized by an army cameraman. And he will square off with Gustav Schaefer, a teenager behind the trigger in a Panzer IV tank, whose crew has been sent on a suicide mission to stop the Americans. As Clarence and Gustav trade fire down a long boulevard, they are taken by surprise by a tragic mistake of war. What happens next will haunt Clarence to the modern day, drawing him back to Cologne to do the unthinkable: to face his enemy, one last time
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
PUL
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Makos, Adam
Dewey number
  • 940.54/1273092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Smoyer, Clarence
  • United States
  • United States
  • Tank crews
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • M26 (Tank)
  • Panther (Tank)
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
Label
Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • 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 -- The giant -- The duel -- 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
  • 1305809
  • (Sirsi) o1051778382
  • (OCoLC)1051778382
Label
Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • 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 -- The giant -- The duel -- 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
  • 1305809
  • (Sirsi) o1051778382
  • (OCoLC)1051778382

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