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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
viii, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Relates the true story of two World War II airmen, one American and one German, who put aside the conflict and helped each other to safety in the wake of a damaged aircraft and describes their meeting again forty-seven years later.
3) Spearhead
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
11 CDs (13 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"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...
4) A higher call: an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
11 CDs (13 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies that day--the American, Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German, Second Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II. A Higher Call follows both Charlie and Franz's harrowing missions during the war. Ultimately, Charlie and Franz would stare...
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