Ramón Galindo
By Marta McGonagle
It was May 8, 1945. The war in Europe was over, but not for Ramón G. Galindo. After the death of Adolph Hitler, it was Galindo's 571st Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion that was stationed at Hitler's headquarters. As Galindo stepped into the building, the first thing he saw was a large swastika, the powerful symbol of the Nazis.
Covering the walls were oversized pictures of Hitler and his top officers.
Part of Galindo's mission was to protect the images of the very man the Allies had been fighting against.