Battle for Cologne: A life long mystery resolved

[gwb123]

This was a touching and poignant story that was carried on CNN:

 

A World War II hero returns to Germany to solve a mystery -- and meet an enemy

 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/us/ww2-reunion-us-german-veterans/index.html

 

Clarence Smoyer was a tank crewman during the Battle of Cologne during World War II.

 

In his memories of the battle, he was haunted by the possibility that he may have unknowingly caused a civilian casualty.

 

A remarkable chain of photographic evidence and an unlikely meeting with a surviving German tank crewman who was on the other side of that battle finally let him to answers in 2013.

 

 

[USdog]

Good article!

[Proud Kraut]

Gil, wonderfull article, thanks for sharing this!

[BEAST]

Gil, Thanks for posting!

[JasonT]

Thanks for sharing, I'll be adding his upcoming book to my wish list.

[Dirk]

 

Gil very moving story so I just found this on YouTube. Fills in some missing pieces for me

[Garandomatic]

World of Tanks did a 2 or 3 part interview with him a little while back that was amazing.

[huntssurplus]

Very nice article and the video added by Dirk was also a good add-on.

A very sad story, but one that is important to be remembered.

Thanks for sharing

 

Hunt