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Unique ID: 1137 Added to Database: December 2009 Last Edited: December 2009 Type (ID): M4 Sherman (1302) Model (ID): M4 (1302) Location Category (ID): Price of Peace Monument (5560) Location (ID): Ortona (5560) Serial Number: 24871 (source: P.-O. Buan/Shadock). Registration: 3033401: “USA-3033401” originally painted on rear hull sides, but now “T146637” (British/Canadian) painted on rear hull sides. Name: “COOKIE” originally painted on middle hull sides (now “Athena” painted on forward hull sides). Other Identification: US star markings originally painted on hull and turret sides. Now Canadian flag painted on transmission cover, middle hull sides and hull rear, plus 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade markings on turret sides, nose and hull rear. Collection Reference: Links: Prima Da Noi – Italian 12th Regiment News – French 12th Regiment News – English Translation Maple Leaf Up – Ortona Remembered WW2Talk BattlefieldsWW1 on Flickr The Shadock’s Website References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA (1943) 2: Liberty Park Oorlogsmuseum, Overloon, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (1945-2006) 3: Price of Peace Monument, Ortona, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy (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 Italy publication: This tank, ‘Cookie’, was a well known exhibit for many years at the Overloon war museum in the Netherlands, being displayed close to where it was put out of action. It is an early production version of the M4, retrofitted with appliqué armour on its hull and turret. It was manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (source: P.-O. Buan/Shadock), and served with Task Force Brown of Combat Command “A” of the 7th US Tank Division. During the first hour of the attack on the German fortifications near Overloon it turned over in a ditch, where it was left by its crew. Canadian diplomats contacted the Dutch War and Resistance Museum at Overloon for a suitable tank for the Ortona monument and it offered to sell this tank for ninety thousand dollars. The Honorary Colonel of the Three Rivers Regiment, Lt Gen Jim Gervais, Harry Steele of Nova Scotia, and Seymour Schulich, Michael Wekerle and John Cleghorn of Toronto combined to raise the money and it was purchased. It was presented to Ortona by the Canadian Ambassador Robert Fowler and was placed next to the Monument on 31st July 2006. The installation of the tank in the Piazza was intended to be temporary, pending the creation of a suitable site. This was planned to be on a pedestal north of the Piazza, overlooking the beach. In the meantime the tank has been moved to a grassy area nearby. There is a plaque on the left side of the hull that reads as follows: This tank honours veterans of the 12th Canadian Armoured Regiment (TRR) and Sergeant Rudy Vinet, 27th Anti-Tank Battery (RCA) and is donated to the citizens of Ortona through the generosity of Seymour Schulich, CM, Harry Steel, OC, Michael Wekerle, and John Cleghorn, OC.

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August 2008 1: Front left view, photo by Ra Boe Taken: 26 August 2008 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 4440 Added: 30 January 2011 Filename: Dig33_Sh... Views: 392 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Front left view, photo by Ra Boe Taken: 26 August 2008 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 4441 Added: 30 January 2011 Filename: Dig32_Sh... Views: 501 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Memorial plaque, photo by Ra Boe Taken: 26 August 2008 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 4442 Added: 30 January 2011 Filename: Dig34_Sh... Views: 334 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Front right view Taken: 11 August 2008 Contributor: Marco Photo ID: 2602 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Pic38-12... Views: 465 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Front view Taken: 11 August 2008 Contributor: Marco Photo ID: 2603 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Pic36-12... Views: 403 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Left view Taken: 11 August 2008 Contributor: Marco Photo ID: 2604 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Pic37-12... Views: 390 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Rear view Taken: 11 August 2008 Contributor: Marco Photo ID: 2605 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Pic39-12... Views: 631 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
April 2006 8: Front right view - original caption: "IMG_7795 (day... Taken: 16 April 2006 Contributor: Flickr Photo ID: 2616 Added: 22 January 2010 Filename: 13529780... Views: 352 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
June 1997 9: Front left view Taken: June 1997 Contributor: A. Barrell Photo ID: 8208 Added: 14 July 2012 Filename: FL_M4-Co... Views: 269 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		10: Rear right view Taken: June 1997 Contributor: A. Barrell Photo ID: 8209 Added: 14 July 2012 Filename: RR_M4-Co... Views: 271 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
1987 11: Front left view, photo taken by Alexander Buschorn Taken: 1987 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 2617 Added: 22 January 2010 Filename: Axb01_Sh... Views: 325 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
April 1982 12: Front right view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2606 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 361 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		13: Left view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2607 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 354 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Rear right view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2608 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 736 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
15: Rear view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2609 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 341 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		16: Rear left view Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2610 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 318 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		17: Turret roof Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2611 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 280 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
18: Driver's hatch Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2612 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 321 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		19: View onto engine deck Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2613 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 336 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		20: Close-up on engine deck Taken: 13 April 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 2614 Added: 20 January 2010 Filename: Scan_M4C... Views: 290 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
June 1946 21: Right rear view - original caption: "Oologsmuseum, ... Taken: 13 June 1946 Contributor: GVNL Photo ID: 2615 Added: 22 January 2010 Filename: SFA02-10... Views: 703 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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