35 Hurt, $5.5 Million in Damage in War Games
Associated Press
RENDSBURG, West Germany —
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s autumn maneuvers in West Germany and Denmark ended Friday. Military authorities said the war games injured 35 people and caused about $5.5 million in damage to crops and farmland.
The Allied Press Information Center said about 100 accidents were reported during the five-day exercise that involved 65,000 American, West German, Danish, British and Dutch servicemen.
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