WWII vet Clarence Smoyer awarded Bronze Star - CBS News
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On March 6, 1945 Clarence Smoyer, a Pershing vessel gunner with the U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Division, helped to seizure Cologne, Germany's third-largest city. His bravery nether occurrence was chronicled successful a caller book, "Spearhead." On September 18, 2019, Smoyer, present 96, was belatedly awarded the Bronze Star successful a ceremonial astatine the World War II Memorial successful Washington, D.C.