He gained a reputation for deadly accuracy as a tank gunner. Those bastards are going to pay, he vowed.Ĭlarence Smoyer during the war. Before he entered the shattered city, he'd received word that his cousin and his wife's brother had both been killed in the war. "Gentlemen, I give you Cologne," Smoyer's commander announced over the radio. The Germans called it "Endkampf," the final battle for their homeland. The lanky 19-year-old with a mop of curly hair was part of a tank crew that had crawled into the German city of Cologne for what would become the US Army's biggest house-to-house fight in Europe. It was March 6, 1945, and Smoyer was part of the Allies' last push into Nazi Germany. No one in his tank moved or even whispered. Sweat poured down the leather flaps of his helmet. (CNN)Clarence Smoyer's index finger caressed the trigger. Updated 7:27 PM ET, Sat November 10, 2018 The " Word of the Day " exculpate fits in with this story from war torn Cologne Germany 1945.Ī World War II hero returns to Germany to solve a mystery - and meet an enemy
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