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\nThe year is 1966. Bob Sievers is drafted into the U.S. Army during the height of the Vietnam war and the social un rest that swept the globe during the mid-1960s. Unworldly\, Bob leaves his family for the first time and is catapulted to Heidelberg Germany\, the h eadquarters of the U.S. Army\, Europe. During two years of new experiences \, Bob has a series of exciting international adventures. Then he and his friends visit East Berlin\, going through the Soviet Union's Iron Curtain by walking across Checkpoint Charlie. There\, they experience the dark rea lity of the Cold War. They see the emptiness of East Berlin. Afterwards\, with a sense of unease\, they leave the East\, recrossing Checkpoint Charl ie to return to West Berlin. After this remarkable journey of discovery\, he returns to the Bronx no longer the same person. Bob then has to quickly decide where his future lies.
\nBarry Singer grew up in the Bronx\, N.Y.\, USA. \; He has studied economics and military history\, and se rved in the U.S. Army in Heidelberg\, Germany in the mid 1960s. \; Bar ry lives part of the year in the Princeton\, N.J. area where he lectures o n the American Revolutionary War. \; He lives part of the year in Coco nut Creek\, Florida.
\nFor more information on Barry&rsquo\;s activi ties\, please visit his website:
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