Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis
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Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate by James Calvert.
Continue ReadingSnow Cruiser Letter, May 6, 1941
I acquired a letter with the Byrd/Poulter Snow Cruiser; it arrived in the mail today. You can read about the…
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thule1954.com
Nate Galbreath’s page at http://thule1954.com is being redirected to a GeoCities page with the same content at http://www.geocities.ws/nategal/. The domain…
Continue ReadingNew DEW Line Challenge Coin & Beanie
Writing the Overland Trains book has made me more sentimental. Conversations with individuals and their kin about the Distant Early…
Continue ReadingThe Overland Trains weren’t the First Big Wheels on the Snow
R.G. LeTourneau’s Overland Trains were not the first large rubber tires to navigate the extreme snow and ice. When Dr.…
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Pine Tree Line – radar, planned 1946, handed over to Canada on 10Jan55 Mid-Canada Line or McGill Fence – 1956-1965DEW Line – radio…
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Visiting Damascus Titan II Missile Silo: Part I
The Damascus Incident emphasized nuclear weapon safety like no other public incident to date. On September 18-19, 1980, propellant from…
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