"Forging the Shield" tells the story of the U.
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The service directed almost all of its training, equipment, and force development toward that potential day when.
During that time, the troops in Europe became the public face of the Army to Europeans and Americans as well as to the rest of the world. combat forces to Germany in 1951 and the aftermath of the Berlin crisis of 1961-1962.
It spans the period between the return of major U.
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Army in Europe during the critical 1950s and early 1960s. "Forging the Shield" tells the story of the U.
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