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My Personal Visit to the Former East Berlin
Twenty three years ago, I had a position set up in the "Fulda Gap" in West Germany to emplace my M109A3, 155MM Self Propelled Cannon capable of firing a 100 pound high explosive, rocket assisted projectile, approximately 18 miles.  Positions were well documented where my .50 Caliber HB M2 Machine Guns would be placed.  A diagram was drawn to let my Soldiers know what their left and right limits were so as to not shoot any friendly troops and insure interlocking fields of fire with the other howitzers to our left and right flanks.  I had an Air Defense plan in the event that we would get attacked by air from the East German HIND-D helicopters or the fast moving MIG aircraft.
 
That was then.......
Today, we celebrate the fact that we do not live in a world like that in Germany.  The country has become one and the city of Berlin is no longer divided by the wall. 
I like it better the way it is now. 
Sharing some pictures of my visit to East Berlin in 1985.  Under the "Status of Forces Agreement" or SOFA, we as American Soldiers were free to cross the border into East Berlin after ... more

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