That is an amazing history, John. Your father had his share of the war.
My father enlisted, OCS, tank school, then was given the option of going overseas or staying for 9 mos. stateside to teach tank school. He thought that staying stateside for 9 mos. to teach tank school was a crackerjack good idea. Especially since word got back that, contrary to what _he_ was taught, the tank's armor was NOT particularly robust against the German 88mm.
When he arrived in-theater, the war was all but over. He WAS there to guard the Fulda Gap after the war, and wondered what his very small tank company could to do stop the planned Russian invasion....
Amazing times. It is staggering to think that the planet survived that era...
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