[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Sorry, but I'm not buying at least some of the details. Berlin had been in Soviet hands for two months before the Americans, British and French were allowed to move into their occupation zones in July, 1945. It's hard to believe that a swastika flag as big as this one must have been would have been left to dangle from a Reichstag balcony for two months.

This is what the Reichstag looked like at the end of the war:

[norton]

Agreed that there is a disconnect.

But the lady's life story shouldn't be tarnished by either fading memories or typically lax reportage.
(After all - a "stolen Mercedes" and the Reichstag sound a lot more newsworthy than "a jeep and a flag found in a retreating divisional headquarters".)

I hope the lady enjoys her soaps for many years to come.

[PJ-Comix]

You are CORRECT. As far as I know there were NO American GI’s in Berlin during the final assault by the Soviets. I’m thinking this story is the result of POOR fact checking on the part of MSNBC. When you have little knowledge of history, you will let a dubious story like this get by. Meanwhile MSNBC declines to even report on the glaring FACTS of the ATF Fast & Furious scandal.