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Jim Arwine ©Stars and StripesBerlin, August, 1978: U.S. soldiers on patrol along the Berlin Wall are silhouetted against the sun as they peer into the Eastern zone from an observation tower. "I've seen soldiers on the other side of the wall with flowers sticking out of the their rifle barrels," said 1st Lt. David Morin.

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