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Fifty years ago today

Fifty years ago today the U-2 Spy plane was shot down over Russia, and last evening the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Marched in Red Square! Amazing.....

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Never before in history have active-duty American troops been invited to march in the Victory Day parade, according to the United States military. The occasion is the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, a date that carries an almost sacred meaning in Russia. Russian leaders have taken pains to explain that the Americans — along with contingents from Britain, France and Poland — were invited as representatives of the “anti-Hitler coalition.”

Pretty cool.