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Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry deploy around an M551 Sheridan light tank while guarding the border between East and West Germany. An observation tower is in the background

Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry deploy from an M113A1 armored personnel carrier during an exercise at the border between East and West Germany. On the right is an M551 Sheridan light tank and in the background is an observation post

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A member of the 11th Armored Cavalry uses binoculars to observe activity on the border between East and West Germany as his partner checks a map. They are patrolling the border area in an M551 light vehicles

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Country: West Germany (FRG)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany.

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Date

01/05/1979
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Post-War Germany, Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall
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Source

The U.S. National Archives
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https://catalog.archives.gov/
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