M114A1 entering the North OP

Larry McPherson at North OP - Feb. 1967

Denver Phipps at North OP - Feb. 1967

East Germany from the North Tower

The Tower at North OP

Stand-by in front of K Troop

East-West Border Guard - 1966

A view from West Germany into the East.

Radio relay shack and M114 located near Friewald

in 1967. Teams would man this station 24 hours a

day, 7 days a week.

Remember the "Whiskey Wheel"?

Shelton and Shaffer in relay shack - Christmas 1967

Sgt. Schaffer & Spec. 4 McPherson, relay shack - 1967

McPherson by Christmas tree in relay shack

Christmas 1967

Shaffer by Christmas tree in relay shack

Christmas 1967

SSG. Stumbo and Recon Team - 1966

The building in the background

was sometimes called "the Half-way House";

it was partly in the Eastern

and partly in the Western zones.

PFC. Sauve and Sgt. Parker at

Radio Relay Station - 1967
 

Larry McPherson at relay shack
 

Relay shack from behind, Summer - 1967

Jeep on North Patrol, Summer - 1967

Heating "C" rations on North Patrol

Shaffer, Brackens & Barnes

Jeeps, trailers and tower of the South OP

Spec. 5 Alan Sauve on jeep.

The view from the North OP

Tower into East Germany

A closer view of the tower

White and Stumbo

invade East Germany - 1966

A checkpoint on North Patrol where we

sometimes made contact with

a Regt from the UK.

1967

The North Patrol could be a nasty ride

in the winter, but on days like this

a Trooper had the best job in the

Army! Beyond the East German

fence is a propaganda sign of the

(East) German Democratic Republic.

Jon Fabian, John Hoffmier and

unknown dog on North Patrol.

Jon Fabian at the 50 Meters sign

near the checkpoint.

East/West border sign

on North Patrol, Summer - 1968

The border was marked by these stones

in places

Kingdom of Hess stones

also marked the border

in other parts

View of East German tower on the Fulda border

when 3rd Sqdn. covered for 1st during July, 1967

Fulda border near Rasdorf, East Germany, 1967

April of 72. The trooper on the left is SP4 Larry Kurtz, right PFC Richard Granby, I-38 on way to border.