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Originally Posted by tomwed
When I was 10 years old every night during summer vacation a siren would go off at 8pm in my home town. Children under the age of 16 had to go home. We had a curfew. Whenever there was a fire in town the siren would also go off. We had a volunteer fire department. As children we were told that if the siren remains at a high pitch that meant there was a nuclear war and we should seek shelter. At least once a day we would hold our breath until the siren’s pitch went down. When school was in session we practiced hiding under our desks just like they did in the instructional movie.
I didn’t realize how close we actually came to a nuclear war until I recently watched a PBS documentary.
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Remember it well..was discharged from Navy in late summer 1961. Got one year of college in, and was "invited" to go back active for a short time in fall of 1962.
Actually, was more concerned in 1958 when we had the first middle east crisis. Iraq and Egypt in early 58 and then we actually invaded Lebanon that same year.
Tense times for sure.