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Monday, July 10, 2017

Visiting Point Alpha East-West Border Memorial in Fulda

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In October 1976, the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, left Fort Carson, Colorado, for Wiesbaden, West Germany. Within 48 hours of land...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Cliff Has More Than 200 years of Connections to American and German Military History

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Cliff and Dmitri during our visit to Point Alpha. I wrote about Dmitri here . During the last week in June, I stayed in the Guest Hou...
Saturday, July 8, 2017

The German Military Cemetery in Normandy

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The German Military Cemetery in Normandy sits beside the highway that connects Omaha Beach with the Airborne Museum in St. Mere Eglise t...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Israel: Everyday Life with Soldiers

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Today two events convinced me that soldiers in Israel really are part of everyday life.  This afternoon I stopped at a coffee shop around...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Israeli Defense Forces: What a Democratic Army Looks Like

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The Israeli Army is what a democratic army looks like. I would have said that before setting foot in Israel, but after two train rides, t...

A Greek Born in Kazakstan, Living in Germany

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Dmitri and Bruder Timotheus at the Memorial/Museum  Marking the former border between East and West Germany.   Br. Timotheus was Cliff A...
Tuesday, July 4, 2017

The American Cemetery in Normandy

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Above Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, more than 9,000 United States soldiers are buried in a field of nearly 200 acres. The Crosses and ...