When the U.S. got involved in WWII, one thing it had in short supply was tanks ... replacement armor was the M4 Sherman, and it became the workhorse of the U.S. Army's armor units deployed ...

According to an announcement, U.S. Army Pvt ... 774th Tank Battalion, during World War II. In December 1944, he was a crewmember on an M4 Sherman tank. On Dec. 11, his platoon became separated ...