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Witnesses to the Berlin Wall

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The Greatest Moment of History in Berlin

Major general robert corbet was the chairman commandant of the time in Berlin. He recalls a moment he and his wife were invited to stand on the dais when the german flag was hoisted over the reichstag. A million germans sang tumultuously, deitslant, deutslant uberals as it went up. Corbet also remembers walking beside colonel chancellor co great, big, tall man who said: "We could never have done this without you, allies"

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