Cold War Conversations Podcast

A 17 year old in the Cold War US Army (57)


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Today we speak to Manuel Alzaga who as a 17 year old joined the US Army in 1981.



Manuel signed up to the artillery and tells his story from life of poverty in Los Angeles through to deployment in West Germany for a Reforger exercise.

 


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Now back to today’s episode. We start by talking about Manuel’s early life. 



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