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Many of us experienced a unique part of history patrolling the East German & Czechoslovakian Borders during the Cold war. Share those stories here with those who served on the border.
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Border Patrol Equiptment...151 "Jeep" vs Hummer. Which was best? 24 Replies
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Mox nix 1 Reply
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First memories of the boarder 68 Replies
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UFO's & OTHER WEIRD STUFF ON THE BORDER.... 21 Replies
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Funniest Border Story 25 Replies
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Demarcation Line Marker 1 Reply
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Funny or Not So Funny Things That Happened At Border Camps 17 Replies
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Border Plaque, crossings, or just things you threw across the fence!!! 21 Replies
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2nd ACR History 25 Replies
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Comment by Sigmund Fertig on May 17, 2022 at 12:06pm
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Memories of the order; A Patrol caught crossing into East Germany trying to take a shortcut and the General of Seventh Army having to come down and negotiate for their release. Probably 1959. Coburg or Cronach
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Comment by Joe Sellner on January 4, 2019 at 6:22pm
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I have some good pics of Gates. Got to dig out my box of photos and post some.
Have a good one of my crew and myself on our tank Red 8 in the QRS.
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Comment by Dave Gettman on January 16, 2018 at 12:04pm
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Seems like a lifetime ago Butch.....because it was. This was right about the time I arrived at Camp Gates in 1974.
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Comment by Butch Page on January 16, 2018 at 11:51am
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It's hard to believe that it's been 45 years ago when I first did my first Patrol on the border. I was only 18 years old, it was winter time and very cold. We had the old o p trailers. And at night it was jet black across the border. Except for an occasional Flair you didn't see much at night. That's right we didn't have a lot of modern night seeing devices. Just a Starlight scope, flares, and your eyeballs that adjusted to the dark. That was 45 years ago.
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Comment by Sigmund Fertig on July 6, 2017 at 9:17am
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Good morning all you Border Rats from Hemet, Ca. and yes it's been hot here this week, up in the triple digits and some humidity heading our way up from the gulf of Mexico, oh joy, not really, UGH !
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Comment by Glenn Gutshall on February 1, 2017 at 8:19am
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Comment by Juan R Vargas on January 13, 2017 at 12:52pm
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Border rotation those where the days . Rail load from Amberg to camp May and stopping between towns and looking for fraulines.
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Comment by Dennis Erickson on December 25, 2016 at 9:52pm
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If we didn't have the right materials to complete a job, we would mox nix it and get it done. also if someone asked you if you wanted to do something an acceptable answer was mox nix.
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I thought it meant "Means Nothing"...Oh well, it wouldn't be the first or last time I was wrong.
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2023 2d Cavalry Association Reunion
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