Spearhead Quotes

“There was no going forward—in front of the column, from the slope of a field, ten German tanks blasted away. There would be no retreat—behind the American column, another five German tanks shot down from a hilltop, silhouetted by the moon. The woods were a killing zone too. The tree line blinked with small-arms fire from SS infantry stationed at both ends of the route. With nowhere to run, all that remained for most Americans was to hide.”
― Adam Makos, Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

“It was disgusting to watch how the Third Reich died,” wrote a German sergeant. “None of its leaders came to the foxholes to defend it to the last man as they had promised. They all abandoned their posts and fled, afraid of being held responsible, or cowardly died by suicide.”
― Adam Makos, Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

“Rooney elevated Kellner’s leg, which was “a blur of gore and bone,” according to an onlooker. A tanker removed his shirt and tied the sleeve around Kellner’s thigh in an attempt to stem the bleeding. As Rooney held him, Kellner stared back at the newsman blindly. But the tourniquet was too little, too late. Kellner died in his fellow soldier’s arms. “I had never been present before at the moment someone died,” Rooney would write. “I didn’t know whether to cry or throw up.”
― Adam Makos, Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

“Bill Hey’s tenure as a Sherman commander had lasted just eight days in combat.”
― Adam Makos, Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

“acquired”
― Adam Makos, Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II

“AdamMakos.com”
― Adam Makos, Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II