It took nearly 75 years, but World War II veteran Clarence Smoyer, 95, finally received the Bronze Star Medal on Wednesday for his heroic actions that helped destroy a German tank and take the crucial ...

American tanks were decisive in turning the tide of World War 2. American armor marched across Africa and Europe, seizing ...

From the T23 prototypes came the T25 and T26, early U.S. tanks armed with 90 mm guns and built to counter Germany’s Tigers.

The most common American armored vehicle during World War II was the M4 Sherman. It was a good tank with decent armor and firepower capable of facing contemporary tanks like the German Panzer III and ...

In the closing chapters of World War II, two tanks faced off that would come to define postwar armored doctrine—the American M26 Pershing and the Soviet T-34-85. Though they rarely clashed directly, ...

It’s been almost three-quarters of a century since the epic tank battle on the streets of a German city, one that was caught on film and seen around the world. The one that earned Clarence Smoyer the ...

A tank rumbled through the streets of Allentown on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, to the Donald Street home of 95-year-old World War II veteran Clarence Smoyer. (Mike Nester | lehighvalleylive.com contributor ...

Washington, D.C.— When 96-year-old Clarence Smoyer came to Washington on Wednesday, he thought he was heading to the Pentagon to sign copies of "Spearhead," a recent book detailing his exploits as a ...