330-PSA-28-62 (USN 1059105): Berlin Crisis of 1961.   The White Hats and Navy Blue Uniforms of the U.S. Navy Reserves are a strange sight to the people of the divided city of Berlin.  Here, curious German children follow the sailors as they walk next to the brick dividing wall.  Members of the group are (left to right):  Yeoman Second Class Walter M. Hoffman of USS Remey, a civil servant of the Naval Supply Depot, Brooklyn, New York; Electronics Technician Third Class Jeri M. Langiois of USS Remey (he is regular Navy); Gunner’s Mate First Class Stanley A. Wilk of USS Remey, a building contractor; Lieutenant S. Jobson of USS Remey, who is an industrial supply salesman for Shaw-Jobson; Commissaryman Second Class Richard P. Carpenter of USS Remey, assistant manager at a supermarket.  Master Caption:   One hundred seventy-two U.S. Naval Reservists called to active duty in 1961 because of the Berlin Crisis visited Berlin January 12 and 13 for a first-hand look at the Berlin situation.  The reservists breakfasted with the district mayors of Keukoeln and were welcomed to the city by Major General Albert Watson II, U.S. Commander, Berlin, who briefed them of the U.S. Army’s mission in Germany.  For lunch they were guests of the Third Battle Group, 6th Infantry, of the U.S. Army’s Berlin Brigade.  During the day, they toured West and East Berlin, visited the Army’s tank park and witnessed a weapons demonstration.  The Reservists are crewmen of four Naval Reserve Training Ships which were activated in the fall.  The ships, all destroyers:  USS Hunt; USS Millar; USS Robinson; and USS Remey.   Photograph released January 29, 1962.  (9/29/2015).
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