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Post-war Bremen

A Sherman tank dozer does construction work on the golf course at the U.S. military base in Bremen in 1945 during the U.S. occupation. (Source: Bremen Port Command’s “GI Paradise”, February 1946.) Major General H. B. Vaughan, Jr., former Commanding … Continue reading

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“The Man Who Owns a Tank Corps”

The June 1960 issue of Popular Mechanics tells the story of Walter Ising, president of a steel company in Chicago, who bought 500 surplus Sherman tanks from the government for $305,000. He then had to disarm the tanks, move them … Continue reading

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