"John Godwin" wrote in message
...
"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in
:

FYI, the US ceased being an "Occupier" in the early 1950's, long
before you got there.

FYI, you're wrong. I was awarded the Army Occupation Medal. Berlin
was still an occupied city long after I served there.

Quite...but Berlin was not "Germany" at the time.