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Old 09-08-2014, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tcxr750 View Post
I remember hiding under the school desks in the early 50's in elementary school. The bombers from Russia would be flying down from the north over Canada. In junior and senior high school we didn't hide under the desks. I think we were to go to a designated fallout shelter. Graduated from high school in 62'. I remember the Nike missile sites in Bratenahl that among others were there to defend Cleveland from attack by Russian bombers.
I think the U.S removed Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles from Turkey as part of the effort to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The U.S. did remove Jupiter missiles from Turkey and Italy to help end the crisis. The U.S. had in 1961 placed and aimed these missiles at the U.S.S.R.
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