Gus Schuettler ©Stars and Stripes
West Berlin, August 19, 1961: West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt listens intently as Vice President Lyndon Johnson addresses the crowd that greeted him at Tempelhof Airport. Johnson was sent by President Kennedy to meet with West German leaders and reassure them of America's support in the wake of the construction of the Berlin Wall a few days earlier. While in the divided city, Johnson greeted 1,500 troops from the 18th Infantry's 1st Battle Group who drove up in a convoy from Mannheim to bolster the U.S. military presence.

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November, 2004
November 11, 2004: Berlin honor guard practices, 1961
November 10, 2004: Family living next to the Berlin Wall, 1966
November 9, 2004: An American MP halts a Soviet vehicle at Checkpoint Charlie, 1961
November 8, 2004: A West Berliner waves to a friend on the other side of the Wall, 1961
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October, 2004
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October 25, 2004: Heavyweight wrestling at the Munich Olympics, 1972
October 24, 2004: Miss Alabama mingles with the troops during a USO show in Vietnam, 1970
October 23, 2004: The world's longest hot dog is presented to the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt, 1955
October 22, 2004: President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth out for a ride, 1982
October 21, 2004: Danny Kaye meets his match in mugging for the camera, 1954
October 20, 2004: Pete Rose and the Phillie Phanatic in Yokohama, Japan, 1979
October 19, 2004: The Fugitive star David Janssen in Turkey, 1974
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October 15, 2004: Robert Goulet, during filming of the "Blue Light" TV series in Germany, 1965
October 14, 2004: Konrad Adenauer, John Foster Dulles and Harold Stassen, 1953
October 13, 2004: Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl, former foreign press chief for the Nazis, 1957
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October 1, 2004: Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a tourist in Germany, 1962

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