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Our last cold war casualty ... and a hero of the age.(Appreciation)
ON New Year's Eve in 1984, a small group of U.S. soldiers decided to exploit the Soviet weakness for drunken revelry to get as close as they could to a T-80 tank in East Germany. The men weren't out on their own inebriated lark--they were part of a top-secret mission behind the Iron Curtain. A reporter once claimed that an Army major, Arthur Nicholson, was among them, though former colleagues insist he wasn't. It hardly matters. The result was an intelligence coup for the U.S., as one of the soldiers not only observed the Soviet tank but also sneaked inside and photographed its interior. Nicholson certainly knew about the operation, even if he wasn't directly involved. ...
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- EAST GERMANY. December 1989. Person chipping pieces of the wall for souvenirs....
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Steve McCurry January 1, 1989 700+ words
...of the wall for souvenirs. east germany. december 1989. person chipping...europe europe war wars name of cold war berlin wall international...ex west germany germany ex east germany eastern bloc iron curtain cold war german geographical german...