^ "Dramatic tank duel in 1945: 'Spearhead' author Adam Makos on story of American hero".Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. "Clarence Smoyer, last of a famous WWII tank division, to be buried with 'full military honors' ". Smoyer attended the ceremony in person while the families of the other crewmembers, who have passed away, received the medals on their behalf. On September 18, 2019, Makos presided over a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in which Smoyer and the other members of the Pershing tank crew were awarded Bronze Star medals with "V" device for valor.
It was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list on 26 February 2019. As of 18 April 2019, it had a 4.61/5 community rating on Goodreads. The book has received generally positive reviews. The biography comes to an end with the meeting of Smoyer and Schaefer in Cologne, sharing their war stories and getting up to date since the war. Schaefer credits Smoyer for saving him and his friend. Schaefer and one of his friends escape while the rest of the crew decides to stand and fight. It ends when Smoyer's crew shoot down a nearby building which disables Shaefer's tank, but leave the Germans inside the tank unharmed. Schaefer and Smoyer shoot each other for a few seconds. At the same time, the car is being shot by a German tank whose gunner is named Gustav Schaefer. Smoyer, whose tank crew is instrumental to the Battle of Cologne, recounts his step-by-step moves in the battle, particularly, shooting a car which unbeknown to him is carrying civilians. Smoyer and his tank crew lead the American invasion of Nazi Germany. The book honors an unsung hero, Clarence Smoyer, who despite his hatred for violence, becomes the gunner of one of the first Pershing tanks in the European Theatre.
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