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Checkpoints Alpha, Bravo, Charlie - 09-27-2007, 06:38 AM


Who else here has done the Checkpoint Charlie trip? I made the crossing with a buddy in 1985 up the Autobahn

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09-27-2007, 06:54 AM


I was there in 1986, when I was stationed in Ansbach Germany.

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09-27-2007, 07:29 AM


I was there in 78 when I was stationed in Heidelberg

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09-27-2007, 08:49 AM


Been there but it was after 90 and before the display one was built so it was just a road with the bricks marking where the wall was before. The watchtower on the East German side was still up then though.

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