CANNONSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Workers are pitching in to give a
facelift to a Vietnam-era armored vehicle that soon will be on
display at the Boyd County War Memorial in northeastern Kentucky.
The M56 Scorpion, a self-propelled anti-tank vehicle, once sat
in Ashland's Central Park, where its pieces were literally
crumbling off when workers began the restoration, The Daily
Independent of Ashland reported.
Restoring the vehicle has long been a dream of the Cannonsburg
Optimist Club.
Darryl "Junior" Vance, who helped in fabricating and welding
new aluminum panels on the vehicle, said he used to play on the
vehicle as a child during school field trips to Central Park.
"This is history," the 32-year-old said.
Welding the vehicle was a challenge for workers at a Whayne
Supply Company garage because the unit is constructed out of
aluminum - a metal they don't work on often at the garage.

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