August 11, 1941 East of Viipuri, Finland
Every man moved slowly, deliberately with their hands away from their bodies. No one wanted to risk an incident. The truck had dropped them off two miles from the border an hour ago and now a dozen men were walking towards the two officers and half a dozen border guards standing next to the recently built guard house.
The Finns stopped two meters short of of the short officer whose collar tabs indicated that he was in charge. They saluted and received a salute in return. Over the next hour, an inventory was taken of the guard house which was almost empty of everything except for a tea kettle. As soon as the inspection was done, all of the men shared a cup of warm, sweet tea. The Soviet border guards then started marching down the road to the new border and the Finnish squad followed them at a respectful distance.
By nightfall, the Finns had established a small camp two hundred yards west of the new border as the Soviets occupied the dirt and log border patrol post on the other side of a small stream.