Former U.S. Army Corporal and WWII veteran, Clarence Smoyer, receives the Bronze Star from Maj. Peter Semanoff, 1st Cavalry Division, at the National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C., September 18, 2019. On March 6, 1945, Smoyer, gunner of a five-man tank crew, stopped a German Panther tank that was destroying American tanks and troops and became known as "The Hero of Cologne."