page_title: October 1961
hierarchical_section_title: October 1961
caption_attribution_description: Soldiers from the U.S. Army Berlin Command face off against police from the former East Germany during one of several standoffs at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961. On several occasions that year, a U.S. quick reaction force of tanks and infantry Soldiers stood watch as armed military policemen escorted U.S. personnel across the border into East Berlin.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in October 1961:
context_section_description: The following events occurred in October 1961:
caption: October 27–28, 1961: U.S. tanks and Soviet tanks face off for 16 hours at the border between East and West Berlin
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