So what can be done to ensure that the US forces don't lose conventionally easily ITTL's 60's? I'm mighty curious.
That was the point, enough US Troops on the Front that NATO won't worry about the US 'giving up'.
They were a tripwire, to slow the incoming Pact Forces till SAC and USN nuclear assets make everything east of the Oder River a smoking ruin.
That was the 'Win' for WWIII, since MAD was not yet in play, it was 'Massive Retaliation' and the new SIOP didn't really change that.