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Show Crew Worried About Running Engine The first shot hit a tread, so the tank couldn't move. That was when the boys got out. I don't know why the Germans didn't fire at them as they poured out. j The escaped tankers naturally were excited, but they were as Jubi- j lant as June-bugs and ready for more. They had never been in combat com-bat before the invasion of Normandy, Nor-mandy, yet in three weeks their tank had been shot up three times. Each time it was repaired. The main worry of these boys was the fact that they had left the engine en-gine running. We could near it chugging away. It's bad for a tank motor to idle very long. But now they were afraid to go back and turn the motor off. for. the tank was still right in line with the hidden German gun. |