330-PSA-28-62 (USN 1059104): Berlin Crisis of 1961.  Yeoman Second Class Walter E. Hoffman of USS Remey talks to a West German policeman near famous Brandenburg Gate.  Hoffmann was a civil servant for the Naval Supply Depot, Brooklyn, New York, before his recall to active duty.  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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