Then John said as they were helping him he could hear the blast and gunfire from what is known now the battle of the last tank. They found John lying on the ground with his 45 caliber hand gun in his hand. There was another tank disabled next to his tank that tried to help the injured. There were no other survivors except Corporal John J Gialluca. The shrapnel went through his legs and he said he was pinned to his seat when a second blast under the turret forced him free from his position. John remembers the tank burning and they were trapped. The last tank battle in Cologne Germany on Mahappened as Corporal Gunner John J Gialluca approached the square of town between two buildings where suddenly by surprise a Panther Mark V hit there Sherman tank. Johns Sohn Doug schickte mir den folgenden Brief: Oktober 1925 in Canton, Ohioģrd AD, 32 Reg, 2nd B, Co F, Medium Tank Gunner # 316
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