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Gene Bane ©Stars and StripesBurglengenfeld, West Germany, February, 1961: A policeman in a small town near Regensburg seems unfazed by an unusual change in the traffic pattern. The visitors were from the German Army's 123rd Tank Battalion, and they were part of the "Aggressor" force (versus the "NATO" force) taking part in the six-day Winter Shield II exercise, which involved more than 60,000 American, German and French troops.

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