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Gene Bane ©Stars and StripesVilseck, Germany, February, 1961: Two soldiers from the 17th Artillery slosh through the mud while taking part in Winter Shield II. The six-day exercise involved over 20,000 troops, divided into the "NATO" and "aggressor" forces.

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