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Old 10-24-2004, 04:48 PM   #32 (permalink)
hunnychile
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Originally Posted by Carn
Cuba is 90 miles from Florida.
My hub was in the Navy then and was an 'ear in Key West'. That's all I can say or else he'll have to kill me Most of you 'young 'uns' have no idea how close the USA came to war during those days. Thank God for President Kennedy!! Be glad your kids aren't needing to learn how to be hiding under school desks = to be prepared for nuclear weapons pointed at them. It was a real threat.

Just a little history for those who skipped class that day...
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