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- Well, I was stationed
in Europe six years,

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and you get to do a lot
of traveling in six years.

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So I was stationed in primarily in Germany

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and one of the nice things
about it is, well back then,

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the Russian government
and American government

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weren't getting along.

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And so whenever you had a mission,

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just even if you were just going

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from point A to point
B on the military base

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outside the base,

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you had your eyes open,

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watching for foreign license plates

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that may be Russian people
going through the area

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and you had to report all that.

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And the exchange of money was great.

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Back then you got $4.00 for your one,

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so that helped a lot 'cause
you were able to afford things

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and you could buy on the German market,

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so that was interesting.

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On the positive side,

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you get to see a sleeping giant,

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that was my interpretation,

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because we had missile
sites throughout Europe

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and it was amazing

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what damage could be done
if anything ever happened,

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so that was an eye opener.

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Makes you realize 'cause
then there was responsibility

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that you had when you
worked in these places

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and you had to comply with a lotta things

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and if your name was
not on a certain list,

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you did not get to go down range.

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Yesterday you were okay,
but tomorrow you're not.

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When they lock down,
then you're locked out.

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Things like that.

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And it's amazing that all this goes on

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and a lotta people don't
even realize it's happening.