Fulda - Guard Towers and US Soldiers

Here are few views from and of the guard tower. The US compound was really interesting and has been kept as it was then. The German government owns and manages the whole area, but there are video stations throughout with info about what it was like to be stationed there. These stations are written and voiced by the US Soldiers who were stationed there.

It is interesting to see; in this pic, Chris and I have our toes on the 'red line,' the furthest point tanks could advance without provocation. I like this pic of the boys, too - they are within sight of what once was one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world. The last pic of the tower I took from the red line - so you can see what a small, confined area it is.

These pics of the kids with these signs really say a lot to me - to think that our families are touring, and kids are playing, in what was once such a volatile area. The parallels to the DMZ in Korea were striking - all of the adults who went on the trip have visited there as well.