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35 years ago , the 11th Armored Cavalry

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Regiment did their last patrol along

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the border , which was a couple months

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after the wall fell , and then finally

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they decided , OK , mission complete ,

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we don't need you on the border anymore .

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Observation point Alpha was forward

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point along the inner-German border .

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It was considered the hottest point in

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the Cold War . The best trained , best

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equipped unit in the United States Army .

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Their job was basically to observe the

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inner-German border and make sure the

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Soviets weren't getting ready to come

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across the border this way . The

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American flag at the flagpole has been

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up there now for a whole year , gets

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beat up . So we take the old flag down ,

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put up a new one , and then next year

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we'll do this ceremony again . It's

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something that should make people think ,

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what is the cost of our freedom , what

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is the cost of our democracy ?