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Rain of steel on the Blackhorse

Artillery is a god of modern war. Josef Stalin Here is a story about one of the U.S. Army’s finest units that endured a day so hard, many survivors won’t talk about it even today. On July 11th, 1991 in Kuwait, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Blackhorse) suffered the single worst non-combat accident in U.S. …

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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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