But the M3 Stuart is not to be confused with the M3 Lee. This model was a medium tank, and though it proved impactful, it would be replaced by another model in time. Even so, it served a vital ...

According to retired Air Force Col. Douglas Sterner, an historian of U.S. military valor awards, Varner’s M3 Lee medium tank, nick-named Fighting Illini II, was hit four times but still ...