Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 3, 1950: Five tanks roll passed the review stand at Grafenwoehrs’s parade grounds. The Big Red One — the Fighting First — celebrated the 33rd anniversary of its founding with a full-dress review on the huge Grafenwoehr parade ground.

More than 20,000 soldiers marched past their commander, Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist in the 45 minute long parade.

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