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In reply to the discussion: I am 75, I hid under a desk at school during the Cuban Missile Crisis [View all]KT2000
(21,535 posts)because in the back of my mind, we will need them when we are stuck in our homes because of war. I have to do this. I have had a couple occasions where I was able to get rid of them but not now.
We had the drills under the desk and were told to go with one of two groups if we hear the air raid signal. One groups walked home and the other group went to get on a bus. I am sure all the bus drivers would report for work during an attack.
We lived across from Boeing which builds military aircraft. We knew were were a re target. In fact, during WWII, the roofs of the Boeing buildings were painted to look like farmland and neighborhoods. They took off the KC_135s in the middle of the night and they were so low, the windows rattled. So many times I knew that was it and we were going to die.
No - the Cold War did not affect me at all!
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