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Berlin, September, 1961: An American MP halts a Soviet armored vehicle in a routine procedure at Checkpoint Charlie, the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the years of the Berlin Wall. (Gus Schuettler, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, September, 1961: Guards patrol on the western side of the Brandenburg Gate on a tense night only a few weeks after the Berlin Wall was put in place, dividing the city of Berlin for the next 28 years. The East German flag flies above the gate. (Gus Schuettler, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, September, 1961: A West Berliner, undaunted by a recent addition to the Berlin Wall intended to minimize contact between residents of the city's eastern and western sectors, finds a way to wave to friends on the other side. (Gus Schuettler, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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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. (Gus Schuettler, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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West Berlin, September, 1961: An East German "Vopo" goes about his business manning a vehicle barrier near the Berlin Wall as a young local boy, seemingly unfazed by the extra tension that existed in the area since the construction of the Wall the previous month, rides a scooter. (Gus Schuettler, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, April 12, 1963: Pfc. Patrick Drury goes eyeball-to-eyeball with 3½-year-old Manfred Slein, the unofficial mascot of both the allied soldiers and the East German "vopos" at the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing. (Gene Bane, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, May 8, 1962: Retired U.S. Army Gen. Lucius D. Clay leads the way past an honor guard at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport as he prepares to return home after nearly eight months as President Kennedy's personal representative to the city. With him are, left to right, Capt. James S. Budda, commander of the 2nd Battle Group honor guard; Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II, U.S. commander in Berlin; and West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt. (Gus Schuettler, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, June 6, 1954: Two servicemen pause at the Brandenburg Gate, which is festooned with large banners for a communist youth rally taking place on the other side. (Red Grandy, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1989: Revelers standing atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate watch as a man takes a sledgehammer to the barrier that divided the city from 1961 until the East German government announced the opening of the borders a few hours earlier. (Ken Clauson, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, Germany, May 28, 1950: A young East Berliner carries a hammer during a Whitsunday march by the communist Freie Deutsche Jugend, or Free German Youth, group on Unter der Linden. (Henry Toluzzi, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Frankfurt, Germany, July, 1948: Actress Martha Raye entertains troops at Rhein-Main Air Base who were taking part in "Operation Vittles," the effort to fly food and medicine into Berlin in defiance of the Soviet blockade. (Henry Compton, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, Germany, November 6, 1967: The Berlin Wall blocks access to the Brandenburg Gate from West Berlin, in the lower portion of a photo taken from a helicopter of the Berlin Brigade's Army Aviation Detachment. (Ted Rohde, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, July, 1954: Actor Richard Widmark, center, talks with two of the U.S. servicemembers who were on hand at Tempelhof Air Base to assist in the production of "A Prize of Gold," a film about air police in Berlin. (Ted Rohde, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Berlin, May 20, 1966: Returning from a trip to the park, Ilsegard Meyer and her daughters, eight-year-old Angela and two-year-old Claudia, walk a path that follows an unfortunate fixture of their neighborhood, the Berlin Wall. (Bob Milnes, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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