You (and Almost Everyone You Know) Owe Your Life to This Man.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/25/you-and-almost-everyone-you-know-owe-your-life-to-this-man/
Good article. I am old enough to remember those happenings.
LM
I've read this before! You may have posted it from a different source. I remember because I was sitting on the Texas coast as part of the take-over force and ready for action!
O:) [salute] :old: [beer]
Quote from: OldHP on Mar 31, 2016, 01:50
I've read this before! You may have posted it from a different source. I remember because I was sitting on the Texas coast as part of the take-over force and ready for action!
O:) [salute] :old: [beer]
yeah well, he is getting old, and stubborn, and soon he'll start posts with:
'Well, I'm XXX years old and......."
here's the link to the post you remember:
A Russian Sub Commander deserving and American medal« on: Dec 08, 2012, 11:36 »https://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,35709.0.html
and here's the article from that post (because not all are GM):
Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war
Quote from: Laundry Man on Mar 30, 2016, 09:52
Good article. I am old enough to remember those happenings.
LM
not me,...
peace all,... :P ;) :) 8)
Quote from: Laundry Man on Mar 30, 2016, 09:52
Good article. I am old enough to remember those happenings.
LM
While I'm old enough to remember those happenings, the more important things in my life in 1962 revolved around getting Jean to go out with me and attempting to recover from being expelled from school.
Quote from: Laundry Man on Mar 30, 2016, 09:52
Good article. I am old enough to remember those happenings.
LM
Same here, hard to forget along with the Bay of Pigs and Kennedy's assasination all in a couple years time.
Quote from: GLW on Mar 31, 2016, 06:49
here's the link to the post you remember:
A Russian Sub Commander deserving and American medal
« on: Dec 08, 2012, 11:36 »
https://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,35709.0.html
and here's the article from that post (because not all are GM):
Thank you Vasili Arkhipov, the man who stopped nuclear war
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/27/vasili-arkhipov-stopped-nuclear-war
The National Geographic article is much better.
Quote from: Marlin on Mar 31, 2016, 11:31
Same here, hard to forget along with the Bay of Pigs and Kennedy's assasination all in a couple years time.
The National Geographic article is much better.
I concur,... 8)