(Gene Bane/Stars and Stripes)

West Germany, August 1962: Sgt. Ira Sowards, right, and Pfc. Raymond Carbone of the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment peer across the border into East Germany as they patrol the area near Fulda where Cold War tacticians believed a Soviet attack on the West would most likely begin.

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