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14-09-19, 19:29
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HOLY ROLLER - was it a post war name?
Did not take notice of this before, but on Harold A. Skaarup webpage, the wording infers the nick name was thought up as a result of surviving the war?
http://silverhawkauthor.com/tanks-an...useum_973.html Screenshot_2019-09-14 Harold A Skaarup Web page.jpg The notion of this particular Sherman being a unique survivor may have already been on the minds of it's crew at the close of August 1944, as described in this pdf article: https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcont...00&context=cmh Screenshot_2019-09-14 No Shortage of Tanks The Canadian Army╎s System for the Recovery, Repair.jpg regards, Jack 
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