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Time to be Wary
The September 15, 1980 issue of Time Magazine featured an article
reporting on the East - West German border barrier system. Among
other stops, reporter Lee Griggs, visited Fulda, had a border flight
and was briefed by RCO Colonel John Sherman Crow at OP Alpha. The
border had not received much recent coverage in American media and
1980 was a time of significant world tension. Earlier in the year,
the joint Army - Air Force mission to rescue the American Embassy
hostages in Iran, Operation Eagle Claw, had failed badly in the
desert, the Russians were on the march in Afghanistan, China had
wrapped up a brief fight with Vietnam and in Poland, nation wide
labor strikes began in response to a government plan to raise the
costs of consumer goods. There were flash points all over the
world.
Here is Middleton’s article, his report on the Army in 1980.
Time
Sept 15, 1980
Lee Griggs
Blackhorse RCO John Sherman Crow inspects troops
at Daley Barracks in 1980.
Time Magazine DDR Border article part 1.
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Time Magazine DDR Border article part 2photos\time04.jpg.
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