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The Cold War : Force, Fear and Resistance

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SynthesisColdWar. Tom's Cold War Memories Page! The Cold War.

Tom's Cold War Memories Page!

What can you say about it? To quote Charles Dickens, "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. " So many fond memories of childhood fantasies and so many nights of sheer terror. One believed soldiering was an honorable (and fun!) I was born in Washington, DC in 1966 and grew up in Temple Hills, MD. The earliest morning news show I remember was NBC's Today Show back in the late 60's/early 70's.

Looking back now, I can see how the Cold War affected my life and imagination even though I didn't know it at the time. Two things come foremost to my mind when someone mentions the Cold War. Click here to listen to the "Attention" signal! Click here to read more about EBS. (Note: I had never heard the EBS go off for real until 1985 when I was in the Marines and stationed at Camp Lejeune in rural North Carolina. (Likely US targets from 1979. Air Raid sirens also make up a significant part of my childhood memories. Click here to listen to the sirens! Was this our future? John F. Kennedy - Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation. John F.

John F. Kennedy - Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation

Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation delivered 22 October 1962 Audio mp3 of Address click for pdf click for flash [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] Good evening, my fellow citizens: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Upon receiving the first preliminary hard information of this nature last Tuesday morning at 9 A.M., I directed that our surveillance be stepped up. The characteristics of these new missile sites indicate two distinct types of installations. Click photo for high resolution Additional sites not yet completed appear to be designed for intermediate range ballistic missiles -- capable of traveling more than twice as far -- and thus capable of striking most of the major cities in the Western Hemisphere, ranging as far north as Hudson Bay, Canada, and as far south as Lima, Peru.

That statement was false. That statement also was false. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Julius Rosenberg was born on May 12, 1918, in New York.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

He graduated from the City College of New York with a degree in electrical engineering in 1939 and in 1940 joined the Army Signal Corps where he worked on radar equipment. He became a leader in the Young Communist League, where he met Ethel in 1936, before marrying her three years later. Ethel Greenglass was born on September 28, 1915, in New York.

She was an aspiring actress and singer, but eventually took a secretarial job at a shipping company. She became involved in labor disputes and joined the Young Communist League, where she first met Julius. COKirk script. Kirk Douglas talks about blacklisted SPARTACUS screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. TRUMBO - OFFICIAL TRAILER. FicheprétéritTerm. COColdWar. Hidden Nuclear Bomb Shelter at Brooklyn Bridge. Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle Civil Defense Film. How The Cold War Happened in 4 minutes) The Red Iceberg. Diversity Tales Unit6 p119. ColdWarVocab worksheet. Diversity Tales Unit6 p118.