For any of you old Border Rats who patrolled the trace in the Hof area, this should bring back some memories.
Photos and story by Charlie Campbell, former H-2/2ACR commander. Click photos to enlarge.
Attached are a couple of pix taken on October 10, 2010 at Moedlareuth (or
Little Berlin as we knew it) near Hof, Germany, where there is now a
preserved section of the Iron Curtain, a museum and a memorial plaque to
the 2ACR for their border mission from 1948 to 1992.
Nelson Laughton (Commander, Troop G, 1974-1975) and myself (Commander,
Company H, 1974-1976) and our wives were traveling through the area
returning from Poland and just happened to stop for the night in a nearby
village. When the locals learned who we were, they welcomed us like long
lost friends and insisted we visit their museum. A man who works at the
museum was a Captain in the East German army and patrolled the border on the
other side. He proudly displayed a 2ACR crest and said ” I watched you. I
was your enemy then”. It was an emotional experience for us all!
Toujours Pret!
Charlie Campbell
6 Comments
I served in G Trp 2/2 ACR ’71-’74, Was in the Hof sector several times. Served under then Capt. Laughton. G Troop was the best and the 2nd was the best. Proud to have served, Always Ready.
John Ballard
Boca Raton, Fl.
Thanks for the comment John.
Say, Bill Loy is looking for you over at Dragoon Base.
Toujours Pret!
Wow! I was on the “Rock” 1/2 ACR B Troop 3rd Platoon 79-82. How very awsome for them to remember us in that way!
James,
Check out Dragoon Base http://dragoonbase.ning.com
Toujours Pret!
I served with Cpt Campbell in Hco 2Sqd 2ACR, 1974-1976. I was Cpl (P) Homer Galloway, Driver and later Gunner on H-13 and patrol driver at Hof and Coburg. Assigned to CAV from Oct 1974 to Oct 1977.
I served with g trp 2/2acr in bamberg 1975-1978 as a mech.went to Hof and coburg.lost all photo and stuf in a house fire would like someone to send picks to me at my email stauff74@gmail.com tanks