October 30, 2019 by Mitch Wein
October 30, 2019 by Deb Zawisza
October 28, 2019 by Joseph Krull
From my first days as a private in the Army so many years ago, it was drummed into me that I needed to “know the enemy.” At that time, my platoon was regularly shown photographs and movies that depicted Soviet and Warsaw Pact soldiers in various states of fierceness. I have memories of the visions of hordes of burly soldiers in Soviet uniforms bounding through the snow and doing aggressive maneuvers. Our unit spent countless hours studying Soviet equipment, identifying tanks and aircraft, and delving into minutiae like a Soviet solder’s daily routine and diet. Yes—we knew our enemy.
