Re: [MBZ] Cuban Missile Crisis - Wilton?

2014-04-19 Thread WILTON
pulling ground alert duty about mid-February '63. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Dan Penoff" To: "Mercedes List" Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 6:15 PM Subject: [MBZ] Cuban Missile Crisis - Wilton? I have been listening to Robert Caro's fourth book on Ly

Re: [MBZ] Cuban Missile Crisis - Wilton?

2014-04-19 Thread Mountain Man
Mitch wrote: > Perhaps it came to a head in 1983? I remember names such as Gdansk shipyard and Lec Walensa but nothing else - hey, I was busy doing dollar stuff and having babies. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/

Re: [MBZ] Cuban Missile Crisis - Wilton?

2014-04-19 Thread Mitch Haley
Mountain Man wrote: Dan wrote: ...Pretty interesting stuff for a very scary period of time. My friend escaped from Poland in 1981 and recently mentioned the scary time that could have been the big one in 1983 - in Poland. What was that? Solidarność was founded in 1980. From 1981-1983, they

Re: [MBZ] Cuban Missile Crisis - Wilton?

2014-04-19 Thread Mountain Man
Dan wrote: > ...Pretty interesting stuff for a very scary period of time. My friend escaped from Poland in 1981 and recently mentioned the scary time that could have been the big one in 1983 - in Poland. What was that? Nothing comes to mind. The push back against socialism in Poland was evident

[MBZ] Cuban Missile Crisis - Wilton?

2014-04-19 Thread Dan Penoff
I have been listening to Robert Caro's fourth book on Lyndon Johnson's life, which in this volume covers the mid 50s through the end of his presidency. Pretty interesting stuff for a very scary period of time. While listening to the portion that covered the Cuban Missile Crisis, I was wonderin