On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 21:31:15 -0500, Martin Eastburn
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lion...@consolidated.net> wrote:
>Lived 5 miles from large Bomber (propellers) site then moved
>within 15 miles of a major Naval Base then moved
>within 10 miles of Biggs AF three wings of B52's once the B36's and
>B-47's moved out. Then moved onto an Island mid Pacific that was
>watched by Red Star Subs and larger nasty ships. Shooting down our
>missiles and a Red Star one from time to time.
>
>Any house was within the primary drop place by plane or missile.
I lived on Elmendorf AFB, Great Falls Air Force Base, Maxwell AFB,
Little Rock AFB (B52s), and then Dad retired us to Vista, CA, nestled
all comfy-like between Camp Pendleton USMC base, NAS Miramar, the San
Diego Navy Base, and the San Andreas Fault. Vista was 20 miles
downwind from SONGS, the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station. I
guess I've been in target zones, too. <g>
I only glow a little.
>Remember the hide under your desk and later stand in the hall
>in case of Bomb emergency. Helped build a deep 3 90 degree concrete
>corners in the way down and around to the shelter.
Yeah, most of us went through the Duck & Cover routines in school way
back when (50s-60s).
>Martin
>
>On 4/4/2017 7:27 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>> Martin Eastburn wrote:
>>> Cold war was real and was a nasty series of years.
>>> Martin - lived through it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/1/2017 7:59 AM,
edhun...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 3:36:41 AM UTC-4, John B. wrote:
>>>>> War is usually defined as an armed conflict, is it not? At least
>>>>> according to several international sources it seems to be.
>>>>
>>>> Not necessarily. Webster's and Oxford both provide good contemporary
>>>> definitions.
>>
>> I remember those years too . Duck and cover , then kiss your ass goodby ,
>> because we had an AF base 60 miles south , the Minuteman missile plant 35
>> miles west , and a major supply depot 35 miles south of us . To quote Bob
>> Dylan , "If the button is pushed , ain't no runnin' away ." The entire Salt
>> Lake Valley would have been scrubbed clean of all life .
>>
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