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Originally Posted by oldE
Anyone else remember crouching under their desk for an air raid drill?
The Cuban missile crisis was far away and close by at the same time. Halifax is the east coast base for the Canadian navy. Two hours away by road these days, but close enough that my mother heard the explosion there in 1917. I suspect a nuclear explosion there would have affected us. I had 5 older brothers and a brother in law in the air force at the time.
Not good memories.
Best
Les
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I read the book 'Curse of the Narrows'......what a tragedy.
Hard to fathom the damage.
The book has many pictures of the damage.
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