In this episode, we revisit the dramatic battle for Cologne in the final months of World War II, where the newly introduced American Pershing tank, callsign Eagle 7, faced off against a formidable ...

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 ...

Over the radio, the five-man Pershing tank crew from Company E, 32nd Armored Regiment, consisting of Smoyer, Davis, DeRiggi, McVey, and Staff Sgt. Robert Earley, the tank's commander, heard their call ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...