Checkpoint Charlie Berlin Christmas 1966
US Army Troops Celebrate Christmas In Berlin, Germany, Including Lighting The Christmas Tree At Checkpoint Charlie, In December 1966.
US Army Staff Film Report 67-2, 1967.
LR181, Camera SP5 Golbienko, SP4 Butler. Berlin, Germany {Checkpoint Charlie, Christmas In Berlin:US Army Report} (1966)
The crisis cooled in Berlin from 1962 to 1963, and augmenting forces returned to the United States. Equipment modernisation programs during this period included the M113 armoured personnel carrier, the M14 rifle, the M60 machine gun, the OV-1 fixed wing observation aircraft, the UH-1B Huey helicopter, the M151 MUTT truck, and the M60 Patton tank. In late 1963 Operation BIG LIFT tested the use of propositioned equipment through redeployment of the 2nd Armoured Division to Europe via a single airlift.