Local Man Pays His Respects -- In Person Former Army Specialist Once Stationed at Berline Wall Went to Washington to Say Goodbye
Wyoming Tribune - Eagle › September 21, 2005
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CHEYENNE -- As a young specialist in the U.S. Army during the 1980s, Clyde Hutchins Jr. had a personal understanding of what the Berlin Wall meant to the people it blocked from freedom.
"I did border patrols on the East German border," he said. "On occasion, we would help people who would try to escape. We saw firsthand how important freedom was to people."See the full content of this document
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Local Man Pays His Respects -- In Person Former Army Specialist Once Stationed at Berline Wall Went to Washington to Say Goodbye
As a child growing up in the Cold War era, Hutchins knew the fear of nuclear war as well. That fear intensified during his time in the Army.
"Always, when I was on the East German border, we all knew that a war could start at any time, and if it started, it would be nuclear. We would all die. We knew that. Then President Reagan took the wall down. T...See the full content of this document
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