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Another River, Another Town: A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat-1945. John P. Irwin. Random House. 179 pages. $21.95.
Cpl. John Irwin saw World War II in Europe up close. As a gunner in a Sherman tank and later in a Pershing tank in the 3rd Armored Division, he quickly lost all his dreams about the glory and romance of combat. Even though he joined the unit late in the war, February 1944, he still saw enough fighting to become an experienced tanker. The result was this short memoir.
Irwin's story as a tank gunner is well paced and well told. Catching...