Like him, I was as alien to the tank as the tank was to me. I could relate to the new soldier in the movie who six weeks before had been studying typing. The first time I was shot at in my life was that 88 round coming through the armor-totally mind-boggling.

And the film conveys the excitement of combat. And in April 1945 Germans shot my third tank with a pair of Panzerfausts.įury does show accurately how Shermans went into battle: spread out. Coincidentally, I was in a Sherman hit by an 88 (it lodged in the engine compartment without exploding, and we had no casualties), and another Sherman that set off a Teller mine-two mines stacked, actually. Fury shows 88mm rounds and Panzerfausts hitting Shermans, and a mine blowing the tread off a Sherman. In April 1945 I was a GI in Germany fighting in a Sherman tank, and I wondered how close the film gets to what I remember. I’m glad a young friend-when you’re 90, somebody 64 is young-invited me to see Fury, the movie about GIs in Sherman tanks fighting in Germany in April 1945. Current subscribers who wish to add a digital subscription in addition to print should contact our customer service team at 1-80. For more help with subscriptions, please read our Digital Edition FAQ. New subscribers interested in the iPad edition can subscribe in the HistoryNet shop.

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