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Message: [QUOTE="Scud49, post: 4096199, member: 6658"] A little side note to your tour of duty - one day at our clinic in Torrejon, Spain we had a retired Army officer, Colonel Glover Johns, come in. He described the Berlin standoff they had with the Communists; I believe it was around 1960. He said he was in the lead tank, his muzzle pointed at the lead Soviet tank. He told us he had one hand holding his earpiece up to his left ear; the Pentagon was on the direct line. His right hand was on the trigger, he indicated he was just waiting for instructions on whether to fire that first shot or not.....fortunately it didn't happen. It was very compelling to listen to him describe the events of the time. He also described to us his involvement with the movie Patton, (filmed in Spain) where he was the chief technical advisor for all tank activity in the film. He was one very fascinating, and yet very humble, person. [/QUOTE]