Before World War II, the U.S. military believed tanks weren’t meant to fight each other. That role was reserved for lightly armored, gun-heavy tank destroyers. Instead, American tanks were built to ...

In World War II, tanks were critical weapons of warfare, but despite their formidable power, they were not invincible. The question of what "killed" the most tanks during the conflict is often ...

“I often wondered if my tank came from Hammond,” he said before a crowd of 75 at the Society's April 11 meeting about WWII tank production in Hammond.

Mattoon American Legion plans to refurbish the World War II tank at Peterson Park, and place a memorial stone and interpretive sign there.

Photo courtesy of George Jerome The M4 Sherman tank, which has been at Griffith Veterans Memorial since May 1958, was removed in June so that it could be sandblasted and repainted. The cost of the ...