For more than two years, the Roberge family has been working to honor their slain son and his fellow Iraq veterans the way they think he would have wanted: a memorial park featuring one of the tanks he loved to drive.

The 57-ton tank rolled into Leominster several weeks ago on the back of an 18-wheel truck. After 26 months spent searching for it, Pauline and John Roberge said their relief was palpable, they just wished it was their son driving the M60-A3.