“He sort of laughed and said that it was blown up by the combat engineers.”
When was he in Berlin?
I am not sure when they got into Berlin but it must have not been too long after the Russians captured it. There was still rare fighting going on. I remember Daddy saying he once saw Russian soldiers throw a German boy from a rooftop.
I have noticed that in a lot of the photos they were still wearing their helmets and also were still carrying their rifles in a few. I also have one photo of their first meeting with Russians just outside Berlin. I do know their outfit was disbanded in Berlin and they were sent home in November of 1945.