Thread: Das Dovo

It was actually pretty cool. A month before that we were doing border traces and patrols locked and loaded and then the wall came down. It was a little surreal - where we were on border duty was OP Alpha (filling in for the 11th ACR while they were training.) There was really no "walls" there just fences - two sets. People came up to the interior fences and waved at us. Prior to that - we never saw anyone but East German military - if a civilian had approached the inner fence they would have been arrested at a minimum. Very cool couple of weeks.

Adam

Originally Posted by Durhampiper

Oh, man--what was that like?

Life - interesting piece ....
I served in the Soviet Army in 1987-89 in Cottbus (East Germany) on the other side "walls". I am very glad that my service was held at the training and teachings at the landfill.
With the fall of the wall came a breath of freedom. Now we are again trying to screw the nuts ..... ((((
Sorry that went away from the topic

Very nice restore. I like the vintage, clean look. Yes, you have serious skills.

Originally Posted by Durhampiper

RE: the last photoI spent the first 3 years of my military life stationed in Bamberg, at that time in the Deutsche Bundesrepublik. My wife and I spent a long weekend in Berlin in May 1985, did the East Berlin afternoon bus tour (which was totally surreal), and came away convinced that that system would eventually implode someday, but we figured we'd be in our 60s before that happened (we were 35 at the time). Instead, it dried up and blew away almost overnight 5 years later.

Apparently, whatever math skills I developed in the field artillery have faded; my wife and I were 25, not 35, when we toured East Berlin.