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Mike, all I can really say is that it was a proud time, a magical time & place, watching that entire valley grow as the aerospace industry grew from its infancy. I can remember the road leading to the "old airport". There were two main "signs of the times" within 100 yards of each other: A Hermes rocket on static display (think modified V2) and a huge concrete building that was painted solid white with huge red & blue CD Civil Defense signs painted on all sides (a fallout shelter). I was a strange feeling seeing both of those together. We did not realize what was truly happening in our little sleepy town and what it would become. Yes, I feel blessed to have grown up then & there.