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Twenty five years ago the Berlin Wall effectively fell when the East German authorities ordered that people be allowed to freely cross through the border checkpoints to West Germany and West Berlin. It had separated West Berlin from the rest of Germany since construction was begun in 1961. The end of the Wall in 1989 heralded the demise of the Warsaw Pact and led to the eventual reunification of Germany in 1990.
Do you have memories of serving in Germany at this time? What was like? What crazy things did you see?
http://www.chronik-der-mauer.de/index.php/de/Start/Index/id/652147/
Do you have memories of serving in Germany at this time? What was like? What crazy things did you see?
http://www.chronik-der-mauer.de/index.php/de/Start/Index/id/652147/
Cold War
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Posted 10 y ago
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SCPO (Join to see) Its the little least known things in history that you really don't think about while being in a different country. I was alive when the wall came down, but never thought much about it while in Germany! Thanks for the share
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I was there when it happened. I served with Brian Brown (posted earlier). We had no warning or rumor at all. We finish an early morning assault on Doughboy City and were having MRE's for breakfast. 1SG Gustafson came and said "did you hear the news?" "No 1SG" I said. He replied "the Wall came down last night." I responded "yeah right, and the Soviets are living in our barracks." On the trip back to McNair Kasern we could tell something was different. There was alot more traffic and Traubi's and Wartung cars were everywhere.
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Do I know about that date in history? I do! I was stationed in Berlin when the wall opened up. The day (night) it did we were doing an attack on Doughboy City.
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