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by Steve Krysko (Author)
Steve Krysko was a gunner, and later a tank commander, in the 712th Tank Battalion. From Normandy through Northern France, the Battle of the Bulge, the Siegfried Line, Central Germany and into Czechoslovakia, the 712th spent 11 months in combat, most of them with General George Patton's Third Army.From sometimes humorous incidents in training camp to the grim horrors of war, Krysko's story offers a very human glimpse of combat in a tank in World War II.
Author Biography
Aaron Elson, who adapted this story from his World War II Oral History web site, has been recording the stories of America's veterans for more than 25 years. In addition to writing more than a dozen books and producing a unique series of oral history audiobooks, he has contributed stories to more than a dozen documentaries and over two dozen popular books about World War II.
