Remains of tank commander from Indiana identified 79 years after he was killed in German World War II battle November 24, 2023 / 6:47 AM EST / CBS/AP ...

Remains of World War II tank commander laid to rest in San Diego Second Lieutenant Gene Walker was the commander of a tank that was struck by heavy-duty artillery in Germany during World War ll ...

The remains of U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Gene F. Walker, an M4 Sherman Tank commander killed during World War II, will be interred Jan. 26 at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego.

When the German offensive began at 5:30 a.m., Dec. 16, 1944, the 16,000 infantrymen of his untested 106th Division had held their assigned 22-mile-wide front-line sector — including the Schnee ...

In total, Nazi Germany built just under 50,000 tanks during the war, while the US built more than 100,000. The Soviet Union built nearly 120,000 tanks.