T26E3 Eagle 7

A tank under Sergeant Bob Early's command, with serial number 26, used by Company E of the 32nd Armored Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division. This vehicle was one of the pilot T26E3s, which participated in Operation Zebra (to trial the Pershing tanks in Europe). In the battle for Cologne on May 6, 1945, Early's crew destroyed the German Panther in front of the Cologne Cathedral with three shots.