WASHINGTON DC AREA RECOMMENDED LINKS

• Attractions, hotels, transportation, military resources

LTC Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr

• A tribute to Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., LTC at Military.com by Bethanne Patrick, Military Legends Columnist: http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/1,12044,MLnicholson,00.html
• Arlington National Cemetary tribute to Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., LTC, USA...http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/nicholsn.htm.  Award winning site created by Michael Robert Patterson Michael.Patterson@ArlingtonCemetery.Com

ALLIED MISSIONS

• BRIXMIS Association home page http://www.brixmis.co.uk/
• French Military Liaison Mission (FMLM) - La Mission Militaire Francaise de Liaison (MMFL).  A French language site about French forces in Berlin with a section on FMLM. http://www.lesanciensdesffb.com/FFSB/ffsb.html

BERLIN

• Allied Museum, Clayallee 135 - Outpost, 14195 Berlin-Zehlendorf  http://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/
• Berlin Airlift Photos & Documents from Project Whistletop (now at President Truman Library) http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/berlin_airlift.htm
• Old Berlin Wall Photos http://www.appropriatesoftware.com/BerlinWall/OldStuff.html
• Berlin American High School webpage http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/3328/bahs.htm(Recommended by J. Tuite Jr.)
• Stasi Museum Berlin http://home.snafu.de/stasimuseum/
• Berlin Wall Online http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/index.html
• 10th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall  http://fotw-berlin.homepage.com/ 
• Armed Forces Network (AFN) Berlin unofficial web site http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Plaza/5246/afn_berlin/tv.html
• Berlin Brigade Web Page - http://www.berlinbrigade.com An impressive must-see page for all those stationed in or interested in post-WWII/Cold War US and Allied forces in Berlin. The site includes excellent links and information.   Recommended by Larry Schwab.
• Berlin 1969 - on the hinge of history:  A smartly done site we highly recommend for its insightful and reflective stories about life in Berlin.  The photos are great too.  Students and Berliners will enjoy this site created by Robert W. Rynerson, a former Berlin Brigade soldier. http://home.att.net/~rw.rynerson/index2.htm 
• Berlin information & links http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/e_berlin-info.html

ASSOCIATIONS

• Cold War Museum founded by Francis Gary Powers Jr. http://www.coldwar.org
• Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) http://www.afio.com/.  A partner organization with excellent and reputable resources including the Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies.
• National Military Intelligence Association http://www.nmia.org/
• Berlin US Military Veterans' Association http://www.berlinveterans.com/history.htm
• Foreign Area Officer Association http://www.faoa.org   An impressive site with many resources and links.

RESEARCH RESOURCE SITES

• CNN Cold War Special http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/maps/index.html
• NATO http://www.nato.int
• NATO Handbook Chronology of 1989 Events http://www.nato.int/docu/handbook/hb61545e.htm
• Uwe Pflock's Links to Regional Germany Maps  http://www.pflock.de/deutschland/karte.htm 
• Good site for maps of Germany http://www.stadtplan.net
• German news in English http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Germany/
• New Germany: Prosperity and Pain, A CNN Perspective http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/germany/
• We Meet Again - A BBC London service for those looking for service people.  There's at least one BRIXMIS entry http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/meetagain/your_stories.shtml
• Russian Air Force (VVS - Voenno-Vozdushniye Sily) recommended web pages.  In Russian with some English translation. 
http://www.airforce.ru/index.htm
http://www.airforce.ru/16va/withdrawal/index.htm(Section on 16th Air Army (16 VA) withdrawals)
http://airbase.uka.ru(interesting section on bases in Afghanistan)
http://pvo.guns.ru(particularly Vooruzheniye)
• Rob de Bie's Russian Air Force (16AA) in the GDR Web Page http://www.sml.lr.tudelft.nl/~home/rob/vvs-ddr.htm.  Provides the insights/photos of a group of Dutch aviation enthusiasts (termed "spotters") who performed their own "tours" between 1990-94, along with some limited AOB, airfield, and reference information.  The site remains under construction.  Good photographs of Soviet aircraft that should bring back some memories.
• The National Security Archives and Parallel History Project (PHP) on NATO and the Warsaw Pact.  A coalition of research groups in the U.S. and throughout the world dedicated to the research of Cold War events and governments through the release of official government documents & papers.  Check the site at http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/partners/network.htm for a listing of all partner sites.  Some notable sites relevant to our area of focus include:
  • National Security Archive, Washington http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/index.html
  • Federal Military Archives, Freiburg, Germany www.bundesarchiv.de
  • Research Group for the Study of Stasi Archives, Washington http://www.ghi-dc.org. A collaborative effort with the Research Department of the Office of the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic (BStU) in Berlin.
  • Cold War International History Project, Washington http://cwihp.si.edu
• The Newseum, Arlington, VA (check out their Berlin Wall displays!) http://www.newseum.org/

VETERANS RESOURCES

• U.S. Army Online - U.S. Department of Defense Alumni Search Form http://www.army.mil/vetinfo/ 

• John and Barbara Fahey's web site www.johnfahey.net