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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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The item Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.
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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
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 393 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- 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
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Germany
- Germany -- Cologne
- History
- M26 (Tank)
- M26 (Tank) -- History
- Military campaigns
- Panther (Tank)
- Panther (Tank) -- History
- Regimental histories
- Smoyer, Clarence, 1923-
- Tank crews
- Tank crews -- Biography
- 1939-1945
- United States
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers -- Biography
- United States, Army | Armored Regiment, 32nd -- Biography
- Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Tank warfare
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany | Cologne
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- Tank warfare
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- 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
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Makos, Adam
- Dewey number
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- 940.54/1273092
- B
- Illustrations
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- 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
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- 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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- 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
- 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
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1051778382
- 1762664
- (OCoLC)on1051778382
- Label
- Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, Adam Makos
- 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
- 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
- 1762664
- (OCoLC)on1051778382
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Germany
- Germany -- Cologne
- History
- M26 (Tank)
- M26 (Tank) -- History
- Military campaigns
- Panther (Tank)
- Panther (Tank) -- History
- Regimental histories
- Smoyer, Clarence, 1923-
- Tank crews
- Tank crews -- Biography
- 1939-1945
- United States
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers -- Biography
- United States, Army | Armored Regiment, 32nd -- Biography
- Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Tank warfare
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany | Cologne
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- Tank warfare
- Armed Forces -- Officers
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