4th Armored Division Sherman tank crew member.

Big Pete · 2009-01-11T13:28:55Z

In times, when everyone thinks the whole war was won by Airborne and Rangers and other units are forgotten. When history is written in favor of a few and a lot of others are left out. I wanted to show you a display I made here of men who fought brave and hard against Germany's war machine. These guys mounted steel horses to fight - and sadly also die in fight against - the German armor which was in most cases more armored and more powerful in weaponry. This is a member of a Sherman tank crew of the 4th Armored Division as he could have appeared before or during "Operation Cobra"; the break-out near Avranches (France) in August 1944. According to a Veteran of the 704th TD Bn (also part of 4AD), he wore next to nothing during that Summer inside his Tank Destroyer as it simply was too hot inside. That's why my GI only wears HBT coveralls and no shirt. Erwin