Before the Thunder! (Military History)
In the heat of the European Theater in 1944, certain teams operated in a high-stakes environment known as “Forward Operations.” This blog post explores the history of the 498th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and the 67th Armored Infantry Battalion as they battled the Germans in their final days. We get a detailed firsthand account of Walter R. Smith and his team, who faced the enemy closeup “before the thunder” of the artillery barrage began.
