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Article: V CORPS HISTORIAN RECALLS DAYS AS PLATOON LEADER PATROLLING BERLIN WALL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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BERLIN, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
Cold War-era Berlin Wall patrols were a visible message to the East and West German people and the Soviet Union that the U.S. and its allies stood ready to defend West Berlin and democracy.
For U.S. Soldiers assigned to the former U.S. Army Europe Berlin Brigade, it was a strategic message delivered in tactical terms, said Dr. Harold E. Raugh Jr. of the V Corps command history office during a Nov. 5 ceremony here for the opening of the Allied Museum's "Wall Patrol" exhibit.
"Soldiers were expected to fight like hell if necessary for U.S. rights and a free Berlin," Raugh said. "I'm sure this was the same for our allies."
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