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| Description | 330-PSA-28-62 (USN 1059100): Berlin Crisis of 1961. The Reservists talk to U.S. Army personnel at a U.S. Army tank park 500 yards from Checkpoint Charlie. The station is kept battle ready 24 hours a day by 150 men. Located on the Friedrichstrasse, Checkpoint Charlie is the only American checking station along the Berlin Wall. Master Caption: One hundred seventy-two U.S. Naval Reservists called to active duty in 1961 because of the Berlin Crisis visited Berlin January 12 and 13 for a first-hand look at the Berlin situation. The reservists breakfasted with the district mayors of Keukoeln and were welcomed to the city by Major General Albert Watson II, U.S. Commander, Berlin, who briefed them of the U.S. Army’s mission in Germany. For lunch they were guests of the Third Battle Group, 6th Infantry, of the U.S. Army’s Berlin Brigade. During the day, they toured West and East Berlin, visited the Army’s tank park and witnessed a weapons demonstration. The Reservists are crewmen of four Naval Reserve Training Ships which were activated in the fall. The ships, all destroyers: USS Hunt; USS Millar; USS Robinson; and USS Remey. Photograph released January 29, 1962. (9/29/2015). |
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| Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navy |
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