On the East German Border : This ain’t Hell, but you can see it from here

This October will mark the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the “Iron Curtain” that divided Europe for twenty eight years. Some of us spent a good portion of our young lives on the “bayonet point of western democracy” patrolling and observing the communists on the other side of that arbitrary and very visible line.…

This October will mark the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the “Iron Curtain” that divided Europe for twenty eight years. Some of us spent a good portion of our young lives on the “bayonet point of western democracy” patrolling and observing the communists on the other side of that arbitrary and very visible line. Here’s a true account of the events of one day that I wrote for the History Channel’s veterans’ project about a decade ago. All of these pictures are mine, too;

via thisainthell.us

Jonn had an interesting career.

Seeing the inter-German border in person was a moving experience. Seeing it fall less than a year later was even more so.

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  1. ron snyder

    Current generation has no idea what the Cold War was like. Heck, to most people even the Vietnam War is ancient.

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