OBSERVATION POST ALPHA

As pictures are scanned and added, the order of the pictures on these pages will probably change.

This page is under construction and will probably always be changing.

All pictures were taken with a Kodak Instamatic on 110 film.

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Here's a link to it on the map.

East Germans taking pictures of me taking pictures of them:

Here's Sgt. Ken Farmer observing from the front observation deck of O. P. Alpha

Sgt. Ken Farmer checking weapons on a M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)

Sgt. Ken Farmer on patrol (it seems like it was always raining or snowing over there!)

Pvt. Danny Kilgore unloading supplies destined for the Mess Hall

A rare glimpse into the back of a M-113 packed for a month at the OP

Terry Roth looking down into the M-113

Mike Wagonner stowing some gear on an M-60 Tank (we got those in the late 70's shortly before I left)

Pvt. Fernando Palomino (r) and me (l) standing at the East/West German Border with the old stone (my hand is on it) and a newer marker stone (with stripes)

Border duty was stressful and lonely. We were away from all civilization for 30 days. If we begged/politic-ed/pleaded/bribed/etc., someone back at Downs Barracks might bring us something we need on a supply run, but they were few and far between. Sometimes we just had to blow off some steam.

Here's me in a jeep on a patrol

Sgt. Bill Pounds in a jeep

Sgt Wayne Reason on Patrol

Sgt.s Bill Pounds and Allen (Tex)

Charanza

(Thanks, Tex for correcting my misspelling!)

Me and Sgt. Allen (Tex)

Charanza

Of course Bill had to grab the camera and take his own picture. Hey! He might have invented the selfie!

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