COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Descendants of the 661st Tank Destroyer Battalion visited central Ohio this week to hear from the last living member of their fathers’ unit: Columbus resident Marvin Brown.

WWII veteran Wilbur Myers recalls quietly singing Christmas carols with German soldiers across the river during the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion’s 1944 Europe campaign.

When Nazi Germany unleashed rapid armored offensives, the U.S. responded with a new strategy: fast, lightly armored tank ...