At dawn on 24 April 1918, near Villers-Bretonneux, a British Mark V commanded by Lieutenant Frank Mitchell spotted three German A7V tanks advancing through smoke and mist. What followed was the first ...
FORT RILEY, Kan. -- There's more to making a piece of military hardware a display than parking it in a nice spot and walking away. Especially if it's lethal, which an M1 Abrams tank certainly is.