Submission + - On Brink of War in Idaho: readying Titan I missiles during Cuban Missile Crisis (thebulletin.org) 1
Lasrick writes: The Bulletin has two first-person accounts of military personnel readying missiles during the Cuban Missile Crisis (50 years ago this month): former US Air Force Col. Charles G. Simpson describes his efforts to prepare new Titan I missiles based in Idaho for use during the CMC — as his wife prepared to give birth to a new son. Retired Soviet Col. Valery Yarynich also provides his personal account at a Soviet rocket corps base in the Ural Mountains: http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/the-brink-of-the-abyss-the-urals. Really great companion pieces