David Smith stands guard at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich, Germany on July 4, 1968, five weeks before Russia invaded Czechoslovakia. Photo courtesy of David Smith. (David Smith / Courtesy)
David Smith, of Post Falls, holds a Russian flag during an interview on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, that was sent to him in the 1960s as a gift. He was in the Marines and on guard at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich, Germany when Russia invaded Czechoslovakia. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
David Smith was guard at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich, Germany, in 1968 when Russia invaded Czechoslovakia. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
David Smith, of Post Falls is photographed during an interview on Friday, Aug. 17. He was in the Marines and on guard at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich, Germany, when Russia invaded Czechoslovakia. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
David A. Smith was a lance corporal in the Marine Corps the night 250,000 Soviet solders landed in Czechoslovakia, and a man holding a dog showed up at his door 30 miles away.
David A. Smith was a lance corporal in the Marine Corps the night 250,000 Soviet solders landed in Czechoslovakia, and a man holding a dog showed up at his door 30 miles away.