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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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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.
Seems like a lifetime ago Butch.....because it was. This was right about the time I arrived at Camp Gates in 1974.
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.
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 !
Border rotation those where the days . Rail load from Amberg to camp May and stopping between towns and looking for fraulines.
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.
I thought it meant "Means Nothing"...Oh well, it wouldn't be the first or last time I was wrong.
This was the third design of the 2d Cavalry DUI, worn from 1924-1931. The sharp points on the ends of the bottom scroll again called for a redesign.
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