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Checkpoint to history: Berlin Wall falls, Cold War ends on Greensburg man’s watch

Army Sgt. Michael Rafferty (right) with British and French soldiers outside Checkpoint Charlie in June 1990.

Three decades ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Rafferty was at home in West Berlin when word came over the Armed Forces Network that East Germans would soon be able to travel unimpeded to the West.


Source: The Tribune-Review

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