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143rd Signal Battalion Coin. The phrase "Tough Soldiers" was added in the late 1980's. |
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Revised: May 27, 2008
To begin with, female soldiers were only assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) 143rd Signal Battalion. During the 1980's, the Battalion's line companies, which supported the fighting forces of the 3rd Armor Division, were finally integrated. Since then, female soldiers participated in every Field Training Exercise, from the platoon to the division level. If you can provide any additional information on the history of females in the 143rd, please contact the site.
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143rd Signal Battalion Coin. The phrase "Tough Soldiers" was added in the late 1980's. |
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1988
World War III-Team Yankee-a novel by Harold Coyle
I picked up this novel right after it came out, and read it in Fulda. It follows a Tank Team, or Company, during WWIII. Team Yankee fights our fight, the one that never was: Tank warfare, on German soil, in the late 1980's, against invading Soviet forces. The story even includes the planned evacuation of dependants through Rhein-Main.
Have you read this book? If you've read it, what'd you think?
Hardcover Publisher: Presidio Pr (August 1, 1987)
ISBN: 0891412905
Paperback Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group; Reissue edition (March 1, 1994)
ISBN: 0425110427
With the lifting of travel restrictions between east and west, the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin was
breached. Soviet and East German Border Patrols watched as a crowd streamed through openings in the concrete. Soldiers from all sectors of the divided city joined in celebrating the end of the occupation.
From 1961-1989 at least 80 people died trying to escape from East Berlin.
B Co. 143rd visited Berlin. At the Wall. I was a SP4 then. SP4 Larry Blocker, myself, PFC Snider We had to take the official military train to Berlin, which took about 5 hours. Class A or B uniform was required while on the East German side of the border. More from this trip can be seen here. A breach in the Wall At the Wall with PFC Rosemary Snider Happy locals
With a final military ceremony the Allied Checkpoint: Charlie was permanently closed. The building was removed by crane and hauled away. A museum and shop and small sections of the Wall remain to preserve the history of the area.
In an interview during the early 1980's, after the last of Pink Floyd's Wall concerts, Roger Waters was asked if he would ever perform The Wall again. He said never, and then jokingly added, unless of course the Berlin Wall comes down or something like that. Little did he know that in less than ten years The Berlin Wall would be no more.1Additional Information: The Wall: Live in Berlin 90
1 From the Website: The Wall Live in Berlin, URL: http://www.rogerwaters.org/about_berlin.html .
