![]() ![]() Army WWIIĤ63rd Ordnance Evacuation Company, U.S. George, tank commander of a Sherman M4 U.S. Eisenhower walks by an overturned Tiger II. Since I was there and the man that captured 332 was assigned to my unit and was a personal friend of mine, I will therefore correct the story and tell how it all happened and why it is important to have the record correctly recorded. However this learned man was not there when 332 was Captured so he had several facts wrong. The incorrect version I refer to was written by a former director of The Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor at Fort Knox, KY. One incorrect version was written by someone who should have had his facts straight but did not. In an effort to set the record straight, I present the true story of Tiger 332. In every account, mistakes and untruths have been made. Several accounts have been written about the only in-tact German Tiger Royal (Mark VI) tank Number 332 captured during WWII. Harry kindly shared with us his eyewitness account from Christmas Eve 1944. ![]() Tiger 332 was the only in-tact tank of its kind captured during the war, and it now resides at the Armored School at Fort Benning. Harry Miller joined us April 19 and shared the story about how his 740 th Tank Battalion captured an elusive and formidable target: a German King Tiger (Tiger Royal Mark VI) tank. ![]()
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