tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post4521683923726778600..comments2024-03-13T04:00:21.690-05:00Comments on Life 101 : Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis ~ My column from Sunday's paperRick Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-86494478410869762962016-10-11T21:42:37.575-05:002016-10-11T21:42:37.575-05:00Oh yes, what a time. I was finishing my hitch in t...Oh yes, what a time. I was finishing my hitch in the USAF, at a little radar site in North central Missouri. Just a few days to go and JFK extended everyone, I actually only spent 100 days, 'AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT', That is how the orders read. OUCH. As I have said, you can jump start some memories. Thanks.jack69https://www.blogger.com/profile/12884137603402812926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-5319878215474027412016-10-11T17:28:14.907-05:002016-10-11T17:28:14.907-05:00I have heard of the Cuban missile crisis but reall...I have heard of the Cuban missile crisis but really knew nothing about it so found this interesting Jo-Anne's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418152399382818709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-12641485503442266862016-10-11T16:15:15.215-05:002016-10-11T16:15:15.215-05:00I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis too. I was in ...I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis too. I was in the 9th grade. Our parents protected us at that time and I assume yours were much the same because we are from rough;y the same part of the country. I do remember seeing about the tensions on the news. It was a scary time for kids who were not sure what was going on and heard the rumblings about what might happen. The "duck and cover" drills had been over for quite some time but I also remember those. As a child I thought they were fun because we assumed our positions under our desks (like that would be any protection). I just wonder when citizens of the world will all learn to get along.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-33267635945261115172016-10-11T15:57:01.951-05:002016-10-11T15:57:01.951-05:00That's why we have to be VERY careful who we e...That's why we have to be VERY careful who we elect to play that chess game!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-75648208547542591332016-10-11T15:10:16.527-05:002016-10-11T15:10:16.527-05:00I'll never forget my father waking me (for sch...I'll never forget my father waking me (for school) that October morning with the dire premonition, "We're going to war." The (unacknowledged) cloak of fear we wore ... wow, it just all came back. Mevely317https://www.blogger.com/profile/14786988262452989091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-22720744026103906642016-10-11T12:34:05.851-05:002016-10-11T12:34:05.851-05:00I have learned about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but...I have learned about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but I do not remember it. I'm younger than you are. Nannie nannie poo poo.<br /><br />Love,<br />Janie, who is waaaay younger than youJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-68061997090656339122016-10-11T09:19:39.097-05:002016-10-11T09:19:39.097-05:00I remember my parents talking and my mom had a sui...I remember my parents talking and my mom had a suitcase packed ready to hightail way up north. I watched some documentaries on it and there is a great PBS show called something like The Dead. Anyway, they talked about this moment in time and it seems that there was a man on the Russian Sub who decided not to push the button and wait. Due to him, we are here today.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-52291753325861488262016-10-11T09:02:23.277-05:002016-10-11T09:02:23.277-05:00The scary thing is it is still just as dangerous i...The scary thing is it is still just as dangerous if not more so.<br />we just don't seem to worry about it the same. Perhaps we are just numb to it as there is little we can do about it but pray for sanity around the world. I do remember those days.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-56342244522800419872016-10-11T01:31:51.994-05:002016-10-11T01:31:51.994-05:00I think that we need to be reminded about that mis...I think that we need to be reminded about that misplaced pawn...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-68691522389016049932016-10-10T21:36:28.985-05:002016-10-10T21:36:28.985-05:00i do remember the drills we went through in school...i do remember the drills we went through in school, if the US was attacked. steppingoutshiningthroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864837293535624037noreply@blogger.com