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Unique ID: 1329 Added to Database: 19 September 2010 Last Edited: 19 September 2010 Type (ID): M47 Patton (1640) Model (ID): Italian Service (1645) Location Category (ID): VFW Post 9473 (85710) Location (ID): Reynoldsburg (85710) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: “M-47” painted on front right mud flap. “POST 9473” painted on front left mud flap. White stars painted on glacis and turret sides. Bore evacuator and turret stowage box painted black. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Detroit Tank Arsenal / TACOM, Warren, Macomb County, Michigan, USA (Primary manufacturer June 1951-November 1953) 2: Officina Riparazione Mezzi Corazzati (ORMeC), Bologna, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (During Italian Army service) 3: VFW Post 9473, Reynoldsburg, Licking County, Ohio, USA (Current location) Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved American Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In USA publication: This is an ex-Italian M47, and has an Italian data plate on the hull rear (source: ShermanWasRight). This indicates that the tank was maintained by O.R.Me.C. in Bologna. The tank sits on a concrete pad surrounded by a low chain fence. In front of it sits a stone plaque that reads: THIS TANK IS DEDICATED TO ALL AMERICAN VETERANS ARMY   NAVY   AIR FORCE   USMC   COAST GUARD FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT AND THOSE WHO DIED FOR THE FREEDOM OF OUR COUNTRY, AND THE POW – MIA’S WHO ARE STILL NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. POW   MIA THIS MEMORIAL WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE DEDICATION AND EFFORTS OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS: JR. VICE TOM ABRAM AND ADJT. ROCCO ROSANO USN RMCB20. ALPHA CO., USAF GUARD 160TH CES. USANG DELIVERED NOV. 17. 1990

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December 2009 1: Front right view Taken: December 2009 Contributor: M. Haines Photo ID: 3759 Added: 21 September 2010 Filename: Dig_M47_... Views: 153 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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