Army - Cold War Veteran, 2nd Battalion, 36th Infantry, 3rd Armored Division, with Cold War Service Ribbons - MugThe 36th Infantry was part of the the 3d Armoreds primary mission during the May 1956 to July 1992 period was, in the event of war, to defend the Fulda Gap, alongside other NATO elements, against numerically superior Warsaw Pact forces. In June 1962 USAREUR maxed out its Cold War troop strength; that number was never achieved again. Also in June 1962 the nuclear warheads for the Davy Crocketts arrived in USAREUR (3d AD combat maneuver battalions were