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To: michael97123 who wrote (242122)	9/17/2007 5:12:46 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 281500

They were just the ones whose radio silence meant "Oh, shit" Had a hippie friend station there. He figured out that, if you want to get along, you have to go along, so he became the push-up champ of his unit and lived happily ever after. So far. Until I hear otherwise. Point Alpha sits in the midst of the Fulda Gap, a narrow corridor about 30 miles wide through the hills of central Germany. If the Soviets were going to launch a ground invasion of Western Europe, the Fulda Gap would be their tank highway, the most westerly starting point on a drive to Frankfurt, cutting West Germany in half at the Rhine. After a deadly serious briefing of do's and don'ts (Don't wave or say anything to the East Germans. Do stay 25 feet from the fence), we were led up to the observation tower. Soldiers in helmets and flak jackets used field glasses to survey the actions of the border's no- man's land. Back in the forest that spread as far as we could see, Soviet T-72 tanks were hidden, waiting for orders to move. The soldiers at Point Alpha told us they were ready to take on the Soviets if attacked. But back in Heidelberg, headquarters of U.S. Army in Europe, a top officer was frank about Point Alpha repelling a full-blown assault. "These guys are the canary in the coal mine," he said. "If they are hit, we know the Soviets are on the move." ibid