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Mike Grahame cuts a groove in a drive sprocket Friday on a M-60 tank in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. The work will prevent water from pooling and the stationary tank to rust. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Restoration of an M-60 tank in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston took place Friday.
The work was done by the U.S. Army Brotherhood of Tankers (USABOT), an organization of former tank crew members from all over the country who travel coast to coast restoring monuments of all kinds.
After making repairs and a few modifications, they will repaint the tank in the original scheme as it appeared when it served in the Cold War.
Juan Aramos, bottom, and Dan Vaughn, top grind paint off a M-60 tank Friday in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. The pair are members of the U.S. Army Brotherhood of Tankers (USABOT), who travel coast to coast restoring monuments of all kinds. Once repairs and modifications are completed, the tank will be repainted in the original scheme used when it served in the Cold War. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) After grinding a plate down Friday, Juan Aramos reads the original serial numbers off a M-60 tank to Chuck Kenneally at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...
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Mike Grahame cuts a groove in a drive sprocket Friday on a M-60 tank in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. The work will prevent water from pooling and the stationary tank to rust. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Juan Aramos, bottom, and Dan Vaughn, top grind paint off a M-60 tank Friday in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. The pair are members of the U.S. Army Brotherhood of Tankers (USABOT), who travel coast to coast restoring monuments of all kinds. Once repairs and modifications are completed, the tank will be repainted in the original scheme used when it served in the Cold War. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
John Martin grinds paint off a M-60 tank Friday in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Dan Vaughn grinds paint off a M-60 tank Friday in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. After repairs are made, the tank will be repainted to appear as it did when it served in the Cold War. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
A closeup of the side of the M-60 tank Friday morning with it's serial number and markings on the tank in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
After grinding a plate down Friday, Juan Aramos reads the original serial numbers off a M-60 tank to Chuck Kenneally at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
