US Troops March in Red Square

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Big deal, you say? You must be under 30. For those who grew up with bomb shelters for protection against nuclear attacks from the Soviet Union (which mainly included today’s Russia), our military marching under the US flag in Red Square outside the Kremlin walls was a stirring, memorable sight. Little more than 25 years ago such a headline would have heralded the vanquishing of the Soviet Union by NATO forces.

Instead, on May 9, 2010 US troops marched along side Russian troops in Russia’s annual Victory Parade. At the invitation of President Dmitri Medvedev to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, Russia’s WW II allies sent delegations to its 2010 parade. For the first time in history American troops marched through Moscow’s Red Square. In peace.

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