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FALL OF BERLIN WALL
An unidentified West Berliner swings a sledgehammer, trying to destroy the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz, on November 12, 1989, where a new passage was opened nearby. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)

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Terrorist Attacks
The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York, Sept. 11, 2001. In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center causing the twin 110-story towers to collapse. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

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William Quarles, Walter Fauntroy
Marine Sgt. William Quarles of Washington, D.C., is surrounded by family upon his return to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Nov. 22, 1979. He is one of 13 Americans released by Iranian militants from the occupied U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Delegate Walter Fauntroy, D-Wash. D.C., is right, in dark suit. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo)

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Vietnam Fall of Saigon Photo Gallery
A U.S. Marine helicopter sits on the rooftop of the Pittman apartment building, a few blocks from the U.S. embassy during the evacuation of Saigon Wednesday, April 30, 1975. (AP Photo/phu)

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FALL OF BERLIN WALL
An unidentified West Berliner swings a sledgehammer, trying to destroy the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz, on November 12, 1989, where a new passage was opened nearby. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)
 Terrorist Attacks
The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York, Sept. 11, 2001. In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center causing the twin 110-story towers to collapse. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
 William Quarles, Walter Fauntroy
Marine Sgt. William Quarles of Washington, D.C., is surrounded by family upon his return to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Nov. 22, 1979. He is one of 13 Americans released by Iranian militants from the occupied U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. Delegate Walter Fauntroy, D-Wash. D.C., is right, in dark suit. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo)
 Vietnam Fall of Saigon Photo Gallery
A U.S. Marine helicopter sits on the rooftop of the Pittman apartment building, a few blocks from the U.S. embassy during the evacuation of Saigon Wednesday, April 30, 1975. (AP Photo/phu)

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