2nd Squadron, 2nd ACR, early 1960s
(Source:Jake Shannon) 2nd Squadron performs its border surveillance mission with jeep patrols along the East-West border.
Jeep tracks in the snow leading up to the wood barrier marking the border. "50 Meters" sign warns civilians and military personnel that the "Free World" ends after 50 meters.
An East German farmer on his "honey wagon" being pulled by two horses observes the "observers" of a jeep patrol. At this time the border, at least in this part of the Squadron's sector,
appears to have been little more than a plowed strip and a barbed wire fence.
