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Old 09-09-2014, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bluedog103 View Post
I remember it well. From our home in Alabama we could see the trains transporting troops and equipment to Florida in preparation of a possible invasion of Cuba, even though the President said there would be no invasion.
I also saw those trains with tanks and other equipment on flat bed cars going thru Miami. I remember going to school one morning and having to wait for the train carrying all that military equip.
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