European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse Cavalry troops pull duty on the Fence 2d army Cav personnel patrol Frontier Between West Germany and Czechoslovakia by Jack staff writer Tower of Hohenberg where personnel watch Border a few feet x Entrance to outpost Camp on West v 1958 vhf Stalatt and stripes Talky Call it walking the patrol duty along the most heavily guarded Border in the world to beyond the occasional Stone markers Are the Woods and Fields of czech Oslo Between Iron curtain country and West Germany runs the International a strip of land varying Between 100 and 300 Yards in men of the 3d 2d armoured guard the Frontier for a distance of More than loss than 100 the Way on the German is open to refugees from the but on the czech Side the Way to Freedom is blocked and vigilantly Verr foot by electrified Booty trip Mich Inpijn named dogs and search it has pretty Juiet 1st it Donald Intelli Fence officer of the hat Lalion but you can Novor Whin things will Start Gasn an average of Thriff or four poo pc Cross to our Side every our Job is hut you could hardly rail it forint and the Best of any outfit i know from the Tower of a Castle at Hohon on horror Northeast of the visitor ran peer into a part of Only a few Yards sundays and the tiny town is filled with ethnic fat neans Homes were one located in that area and the Castle with its Nerhy stand for Selling has become a company g of the 3d currently on Border is commanded by capt Jar land and is quartered at Camp an outpost in a wooded area not far from the patrols Birdseye View of the Muston to give Early warning at enemy ground from c co on the Norm of activity Are rocketed Back for valuation by 7th Norm of czech activity Means information sightings on possible buildups within Ihn area of visibility covered by the men walking the Fence must Check in by radio every to if radio communications break patrols German Telephone Camp is a combat in a fur briefings and before Nurul each Are every by this Means information is relayed to 7th array the closer you the Frio Idlitt to mcspaii1in Ait Hoagh its a lonely kind of duly and those of us who Are married remain away our families an average of month to six at a Stilt i dont think there Are Many of who would choose a different assign ment i think this is because we know what we Are doing is important Fol
