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Tanks roll into Berwick for World War II Weekend

Newswatch 16's Mackenzie Aucker tells us what people can expect to see this weekend.

BERWICK, Pa. — Tanks are rolling into Berwick for the seventh Berwick World War II weekend event. 

"Every morning, they'll be a convoy up through downtown Berwick and back; the tanks aren't a part of the convoy, but they'll probably be about two dozen vehicles going up through; tonight, we have a free airing of Sands of Iwo Jima, free to the public at the Berwick Theater at 7p.m.", said Thomas McLaughlin secretary board of directors at the Stewart Tank Memorial Association. 

There are five Stewart Tanks at the World War II event. Four of them are going to be driving around in public.

"Last year, we drove them around a little bit; this year, we've got scheduled drives of at least four of the tanks, all at the same time twice a day, each of the two days," added McLaughlin.

Randall Diehl from Altoona is attending the event for the second time. He brought a Jeep he restored after finding it in the woods.

"Took me two years to rebuild it, $13,000; long time; I've touched every piece of that jeep at least once, and most parts more than that, so it was a lot of work."

Diehl tells us this is one of many events he enjoys coming to.

"The people here were great; the first year we were here, they treated us like kings. We were never treated that good at any event we ever went to."

Berwick had a rich history during World War II, producing over 15,000 Stewart light tanks. The World War II weekend event is also the Stewart Tank Memorial Museum's biggest fundraiser and is used to teach people the history of tanks.

    

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