It is certainly feasible that Charles Tuberville did take part in D-Day as a member of 746th Tank Battalion (A Company). 7, 1945, news report-the year after the landings at Normandy-said he had been promoted to corporal. It could be the case that he may have been given the command of a tank at some point during the war, according to the Post, but it seems unlikely that would have been the case on D-Day, as a Feb. The newspaper also deemed Tuberville’s assertion that his father was a “ tank commander” “dubious.” Charles Tuberville’s tombstone lists his highest rank as a technician fifth grade or “TEC 5,” an Army rank that signified technical skills but not combat leadership. Tuberville’s communications director, did not respond to the newspaper’s questions about the claim. entered the war in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and his draft card shows that it was actually submitted on his 18th birthday on July 16, 1943, the Post reports. In fact, he turned 16 months before the U.S.
The clearest example appears to be the assertion that Charles Tuberville signed up at the age of 16. While there’s no question that Tuberville’s father really did take part in combat during the conflict, including at the Battle of the Bulge, some specifics that Tuberville has mentioned about his father are in some cases doubtful and in others outright false, according to the Post.
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