Det-A, Berlin 1956-1984

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http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20170624/clandestine-cold-war-military-unit-steps-into-light

QuoteDressed in civilian clothes with long hair, the men looked like any other on the streets of East Berlin.

Their German accents didn't give away their true identities as American Special Forces soldiers, part of a clandestine military unit operating during the Cold War.

Berlin, a divided city located 100 miles behind the Iron Curtain, was a focal point in the tensions that developed between NATO forces and the Soviet Union after World War II.

With a literal line drawn between the forces – American troops and their allies in West Berlin and Soviet troops and their supporters in East Berlin – the city became the "Grand Central Station of East-West espionage" and a "playground for all sorts of secret agents," according to Bob Charest, a retired Army master sergeant and former Green Beret.

It was there that, for nearly 30 years, an elite Special Forces unit operated. Today, those veterans are decades removed from their secretive mission, but are only now receiving recognition for their efforts.

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