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Cold War Germany – a border ran through it

East German territorial marker. We called these "barber poles" and they were set back a couple of yards inside the 10-meter strip.
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." Sir Winston Churchill Flashpoint of the Cold War There's a little town in central Germany called Melpers, tucked into a picture postcard valley in Thuringia. About a hundred people live there today. A fine road connects Melpers …

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Tank commander with a Blackhorse combat patch, 1971

29 March 1971. A Blackhorse combat veteran serves with another unit in Vietnam. The 11th ACR patch on the right shoulder was a sign that the wearer had served with the best. Photo by Neal Ulevich/ AP/ Shutterstock
29 March 1971. Route 9 between Khe Sanh and Tchepone, Laos. A tank commander tries to clear a stoppage of his .50 caliber machine gun. The name "Hanoi Negotiator" is neatly stenciled on the barrel of this tank's 90mm barrel. This is one in a sequence of three photos. Photo by Neal Ulevich/AP/Shutterstock Here is …

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An ode to the faithful M88, sixty years and counting

There's an old saying that's true in the Army as with civilian life – the more things change, the more they stay the same. You can confirm it by taking an old tanker or cavalry trooper from the 1960s into a modern armored unit motor pool (what we used to call the hardstand). There are …

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Finding names and faces – Vietnam, 1967, and my dad

Operation Junction City II, April 1967, vicinity of Chon Thanh, Vietnam. A Blackhorse trooper watches the setting sun from the TC hatch of an M113 Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle. Life Magazine Photo In April 1967 Life Magazine sent renowned photographer Co Rentmeester on assignment to cover the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in South Vietnam. He …

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The Best Damn Regiment That You Will Ever See

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment CSIB
17 October 1969, A cavalry platoon of Charlie Troop, 1/11 ACR halts before pushing into a rubber plantation during Operation Kentucky Cougar III between Loc Ninh and Quan Loi , Vietnam. This photo shows the powerful weapons mix in the platoon. UPI Photo by Shunsuke Akatsuka Many units of all types – large, small, and …

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The Blackhorse fights back at Suoi Cat

The weather in Long Khanh Province, Vietnam, was hot and humid on the morning of 21 May 1967. Long before dawn, the cavalry scouts of 1st Platoon, Kilo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (the Blackhorse), were awake and preparing their tracks to roll from Gia Ray rock quarry. Accompanying the platoon was Mike-34, …

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